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Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA

574,260 Population
4,718.8 square miles 121.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,408 ±$1,445 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,461 ±$2,744 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.4% ±1.5% (100,982  ±8,095) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.8 minutes ±0.9 (5,676,105  ±271,086) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

227,289 ±3,958 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (550,670  ±3,204) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1.2% (7,465  ±1,662) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

265,717 ±1,678 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$242,400 ±$9,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.7% ±1.4% (77,803  ±8,120.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.9% ±2.5% (345,283  ±10,013.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.4% ±1.5% (123,210  ±5,922.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7.3% ±0.4% (38,710  ±1,931.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6% ±0.6% (34,498  ±3,688) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.1% ±0.8% (43,508  ±3,327) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
43,508 Total veterans ±3,327 36,968 Male ±2,969 6,540 Female ±1,553

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