Spreadsheet: 478f58c3-7ea6-44a6-bd4f-b6cbec1d45c7
Sheet: Sheet1

People QuickFacts | Columbus | Mississippi
Population, 2011 estimate | 23,599 | 2,977,457
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 23,641 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.2% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 23,640 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.6% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.5% | 25.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 15.9% | 12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 54.1% | 51.4%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 37.4% | 59.1%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 60.0% | 37.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.1% | 1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.4% | 2.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 36.9% | 58.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 77.6% | 85.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.7% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.1% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 78.8% | 80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 20.9% | 19.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,378 | 209,408
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 17.1 | 23.9
Housing units, 2010 | 10,943 | 1,274,719
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 50.2% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.5% | 13.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $95,100 | $99,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 9,635 | 1,085,062
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.3 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,455 | $20,521
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $31,014 | $38,718
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 32.3% | 21.6%
Business QuickFacts | Columbus | Mississippi
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,722 | 225,977
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 18.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.4% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 479,546 | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 750,373 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $31,358 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 82,201 | 7,045,097
Geography QuickFacts | Columbus | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 22.06 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,071.6 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 15380 | 28
Counties | [NAME]
(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