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Columbia School District, MS

9,570 Population
66.2 square miles 144.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Marion County: 40.8 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,406 ±$2,836 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion County: $25,415 ±$2,295
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,640 ±$7,078 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion County: $45,110 ±$4,367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.8% ±5.5% (1,934  ±503) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 19.7% † 4,598 (±3.5% / ±810)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.5 minutes ±12.4 (104,775  ±42,979) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Marion County: 34.3 † 305,700 (±5.3 / ±52,035)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,461 ±290 Number of households
  • Marion County: 9,122 ±347
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (8,900  ±628) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Marion County: 2.6 23,520 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±1.9% (52  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Marion County: 6.4% † 346 (±2.6% / ±139)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,170 ±376 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 11,163 ±42
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,100 ±$13,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marion County: $122,800 † ±$18,030
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±3.4% (923  ±331.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Marion County: 7.4% † 1,770 (±2.3% / ±543.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±6.1% (5,523  ±564.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 83.2% 13,930 (±5.2% / ±883.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.9% ±4.1% (1,162  ±277.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Marion County: 13.7% † 2,299 (±2.3% / ±380.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% ±1.8% (238  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marion County: 1.4% 340
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.8% (430  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 5.9% † 1,088 (±1.3% / ±236)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
430 Total veterans ±130 405 Male ±129 25 Female ±33

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