Columbus, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Columbus is 7th in Mississippi out of 65 other cities in Retail sales

Columbus is 12th in Mississippi out of 58 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Columbus is 13th in Mississippi out of 63 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Columbus is 14th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Households

Columbus is 14th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Housing units

Columbus is 14th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Income below poverty line

Columbus is 15th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Columbus is 16th in Mississippi out of 60 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Columbus is 16th in Mississippi out of 62 other cities in Current population (2012)

Columbus is 17th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	23,452	16th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	22.1	24th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,071.6	24th	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	56th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.5%	59th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.9%	15th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.8%	46th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.9%	30th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	37.4%	52nd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	60.0%	18th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	32nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	43rd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	55th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	40th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	55th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	36.9%	52nd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	54.1%	20th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	46th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	10,943	14th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.5%	17th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	9,635	14th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	50.2%	61st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,100	42nd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	64th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$21,455	24th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$31,014	50th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	32.3%	14th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,722	13th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$750,373	7th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$31,358	16th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$82,201	12th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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