Columbus, Nebraska Demographics

Columbus is 6th in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Columbus is 8th in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Foreign born residents

Columbus is 8th in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Columbus is 9th in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Home ownership rate

Columbus is 9th in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Columbus is 9th in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Size in square miles

Columbus is 10th in Nebraska out of 29 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Columbus is 10th in Nebraska out of 31 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Columbus is 10th in Nebraska out of 32 other cities in Current population (2012)

Columbus is 10th in Nebraska out of 33 other cities in Households

Size Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Current population (2012)	22,509	10th	1,855,525	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.8	9th	76,824.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,245.7	17th	23.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	11th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.4%	9th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	13th	13.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	20th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.5%	24th	27.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Race - White	88.1%	20th	89.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	29th	4.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	10th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	25th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	25th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	19th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	8th	9.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.5%	23rd	81.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Female residents	50.5%	26th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.0%	8th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Housing units	9,322	10th	801,185	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.2%	18th	19.5%	25.9%
Households	8,689	10th	715,703	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.1%	9th	68.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$110,000	13th	$125,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	12th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Income per capita	$23,931	15th	$26,113	$27,915
Income per household	$48,551	12th	$50,695	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.8%	25th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Columbus	Rank	Nebraska	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,526	6th	159,665	27,092,908
Retail sales	$437,991	11th	$26,486,612	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,519	10th	$14,965	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$37,988	10th	$2,685,580	$613,795,732