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Columbus, OH Metro Area

2,151,017 Population
4,796.5 square miles 448.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,693 ±$722 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $35,119 ±$262
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$71,839 ±$1,250 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $62,262 ±$456
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.2% ±0.6% (255,744  ±13,231) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.4% 1,536,524 (±0.3% / ±35,311)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.7 minutes ±0.4 (19,489,664  ±492,279) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.1 107,876,744 (±0.2 / ±973,822)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

856,193 ±4,624 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,832,922 ±10,937
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (2,101,746  ±4,013) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,478,657 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.2% ±0.7% (27,577  ±3,709) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 5.1% 135,627 (±0.2% / ±6,476)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

915,117 ±1,629 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,269,498 ±445
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$254,700 ±$3,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ohio: $180,200 ±$1,323
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14.9% ±0.7% (317,343  ±15,792.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12.5% 1,451,153 (±0.3% / ±31,971.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.4% ±1.4% (1,342,697  ±19,669.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.7% 7,447,659 (±0.5% / ±41,300.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
39% ±0.9% (566,704  ±12,868.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 30.7% 2,493,910 (±0.3% / ±24,750.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

12.2% ±0.5% (245,067  ±9,741.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 7.6% 846,418 (±0.2% / ±17,223.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

9.6% ±0.4% (205,552  ±7,572) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 5% 584,839 (±0.1% / ±13,532)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.2% ±0.4% (101,414  ±5,780) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 621,890 (±0.1% / ±11,415)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
101,414 Total veterans ±5,780 93,524 Male ±5,640 7,890 Female ±1,552

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