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Columbus County Schools, NC

37,544 Population
846 square miles 44.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,573 ±$1,415 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,137 ±$3,943 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±2.4% (6,611  ±891) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±1.6 (429,195  ±33,245) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,027 ±440 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (36,113  ±769) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±1.7% (359  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 4.9% † 489 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,824 ±351 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$135,500 ±$13,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±1.2% (2,921  ±451) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Columbus County: 8.4% † 4,140 (±1.1% / ±536.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.6% ±3.8% (22,783  ±1,109) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 86.8% 30,841 (±3.4% / ±1,215.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±1.4% (3,418  ±385) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-third of 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

3.7% ±0.6% (1,391  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.1% (2,100  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,100 Total veterans ±333 1,774 Male ±271 326 Female ±117

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