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Richland County (Central)--Columbia City PUMA, SC

115,885 Population
50.4 square miles 2,298.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±2.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,444 ±$3,939 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$44,275 ±$4,231 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about half the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

29.7% ±5.5% (31,178  ±6,359) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21 minutes ±1.9 (954,850  ±137,612) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 26.3 59,371,680 (±0.3 / ±951,035)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

51,681 ±3,591 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (103,931  ±8,787) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.2% ±1% (783  ±368) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

60,460 ±3,922 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$231,700 ±$17,277 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

25% ±4.3% (28,795  ±5,398.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.8% ±2.6% (62,192  ±4,876.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
40.9% ±2.9% (28,322  ±2,866.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

6.7% ±3.4% (7,379  ±3,811.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 418,840 (±0.1% / ±6,831.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.3% ±2.1% (7,310  ±2,470) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.8% ±2% (7,077  ±1,845) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,077 Total veterans ±1,845 5,791 Male ±1,746 1,286 Female ±770

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