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Columbus County Schools, NC

37,500 Population
845.9 square miles 44.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 42.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,995 ±$1,377 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Columbus County: $26,755 ±$1,411
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,018 ±$6,345 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Columbus County: $48,184 † ±$5,406
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

20.1% ±2.5% (7,197  ±923) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 18.8% † 9,006 (±2.4% / ±1,135)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29.1 minutes ±1.5 (396,525  ±32,394) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbus County: 28.2 514,940 (±1.6 / ±35,553)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

14,220 ±502 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 19,227 ±415
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.1 (35,893  ±901) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 2.5 47,929 (±0.1 / ±141)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.3% ±1.6% (409  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 4.7% † 481 (±1.4% / ±144)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

17,786 ±477 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,560 ±85
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$119,800 ±$5,149 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $128,300 ±$9,583
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7% ±1.3% (2,591  ±471) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 8.1% † 4,024 (±1.3% / ±666.7)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.5% ±3.4% (22,300  ±1,084.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 86.5% 30,905 (±3.5% / ±1,245.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
12.7% ±1.3% (3,350  ±343.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 15.1% 5,382 (±1.4% / ±510.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

2.4% ±0.5% (883  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 2.2% 1,095
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.8% ±1% (2,025  ±312) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,671 (±1% / ±385)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,025 Total veterans ±312 1,794 Male ±286 231 Female ±106

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