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People QuickFacts | Columbus County | North Carolina
Population, 2013 estimate | 57,246 | 9,848,060
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 58,098 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.5% | 3.3%
Population, 2010 | 58,098 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.6% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 22.4% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 17.3% | 14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.5% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 64.0% | 71.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 30.5% | 22.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 3.5% | 1.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.6% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 4.7% | 8.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 60.5% | 64.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 88.5% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 3.0% | 7.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 5.8% | 10.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 79.2% | 84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 12.2% | 27.3%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 4,042 | 724,295
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 24 | 23.6
Housing units, 2013 | 25,745 | 4,394,261
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 71.5% | 66.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 6.3% | 17.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $84,500 | $153,600
Households, 2009-2013 | 21,758 | 3,715,565
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.52 | 2.53
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $19,275 | $25,284
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $35,761 | $46,334
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 25.0% | 17.5%
Business QuickFacts | Columbus County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 1,037 | 217,404
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 11,769 | 3,352,151
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 1.5% | 2.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 3,262 | 669,501
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,584 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.7% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 887,699 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 234,208 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 527,600 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,769 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 41,129 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 122 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Columbus County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 937.29 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 62 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 47 | 37
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