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Columbus, Bladen & Robeson Counties PUMA, NC

195,994 Population
2,760.4 square miles 71 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$23,323 ±$1,316 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$41,209 ±$2,641 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623
  • about half the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

22.9% ±2.1% (43,526  ±3,976) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.5 minutes ±1.3 (1,875,155  ±118,852) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,959,064 (±0.2 / ±1,086,259)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

77,150 ±1,440 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (190,165  ±652) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,417,729
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.1% ±1.6% (1,801  ±678) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

87,898 ±269 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$104,800 ±$7,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

7.7% ±1.2% (14,881  ±2,414.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

84.7% ±3.2% (110,702  ±4,256.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
16.7% ±1.4% (21,795  ±1,877.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

7.6% ±0.4% (14,227  ±,656.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.3% 1,216,618 (±0.1% / ±11,036.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

2.9% (5,714  ±1,009) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 916,787
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.6% ±0.9% (9,860  ±1,348) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
9,860 Total veterans ±1,348 8,501 Male ±1,279 1,359 Female ±452

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