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People QuickFacts | Columbus | Georgia
Population, 2012 estimate | 198,413 | 9,915,646
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 189,885 | 9,687,663
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.5% | 2.4%
Population, 2010 | 189,885 | 9,687,653
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.4% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.6% | 25.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.6% | 10.7%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.1% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 46.3% | 59.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 45.5% | 30.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.2% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.0% | 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 6.4% | 8.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 43.7% | 55.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 74.9% | 83.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 5.0% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 9.0% | 13.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 84.7% | 84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 22.1% | 27.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 20,791 | 701,808
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 19.1 | 27
Housing units, 2010 | 82,690 | 4,088,801
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 54.3% | 66.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 28.7% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $132,900 | $156,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 72,182 | 3,508,477
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.48 | 2.7
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,761 | $25,309
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $41,443 | $49,604
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.8% | 17.4%
Business QuickFacts | Columbus | Georgia
Total number of firms, 2007 | 15,425 | 901,105
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 37.4% | 20.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | 3.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 35.7% | 30.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,111,391 | 144,280,774
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,173,616 | 141,962,359
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,889,210 | 117,516,907
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,482 | $12,326
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 428,162 | 16,976,235
Geography QuickFacts | Columbus | Georgia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 216.38 | 57,513.49
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 877.5 | 168.4
FIPS Code | 19000 | 13
Counties | Muscogee County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts