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People QuickFacts | Columbia | South Carolina
Population, 2011 estimate | 130,591 | 4,673,348
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 129,276 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.0% | 1.0%
Population, 2010 | 129,272 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.4% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 17.0% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 8.7% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 48.5% | 51.4%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 51.7% | 66.2%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 42.2% | 27.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.2% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.0% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.3% | 5.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 49.6% | 64.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 64.4% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.8% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.2% | 6.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 86.0% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 38.6% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 9,243 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 16.9 | 23.3
Housing units, 2010 | 52,471 | 2,137,683
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 47.5% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 43.0% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $161,100 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 46,496 | 1,758,732
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.19 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,603 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,995 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.3% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Columbia | South Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 12,783 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 19.4% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.2% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,448,968 | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,720,157 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $21,595 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 495,965 | 8,383,463
Geography QuickFacts | Columbia | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 132.21 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 977.8 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 16000 | 45
Counties | Lexington County  Richland 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