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People QuickFacts | Columbia County | Washington
Population, 2012 estimate | 3,995 | 6,897,012
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 4,078 | 6,724,543
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -2.0% | 2.6%
Population, 2010 | 4,078 | 6,724,540
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 4.8% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 19.0% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 24.3% | 12.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.3% | 50.1%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 95.1% | 82.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.5% | 1.8%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 7.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.0% | 4.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 6.2% | 11.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 89.7% | 72.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.2% | 82.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.4% | 12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.0% | 17.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.5% | 89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 31.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 539 | 601,507
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 17 | 25.5
Housing units, 2011 | 2,141 | 2,907,490
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.7% | 64.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.9% | 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $145,900 | $283,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 1,790 | 2,602,568
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.19 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,120 | $30,481
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,038 | $58,890
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.4% | 12.5%
Business QuickFacts | Columbia County | Washington
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 126 | 175,914
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 741 | 2,326,731
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -27.4 | 2.6
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 231 | 405,256
Total number of firms, 2007 | 298 | 551,340
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 6.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 3.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 28.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 112,053,283
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 30,809 | 76,790,966
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 28,894 | 92,968,519
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,308 | $14,380
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,686 | 12,389,422
Building permits, 2011 | 4 | 20,864
Geography QuickFacts | Columbia County | Washington
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 868.63 | 66,455.52
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 4.7 | 101.2
FIPS Code | 13 | 53
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(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