Columbia County, New York Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Columbia County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Columbia County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per capita

Columbia County is 13th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Columbia County is 15th in New York out of 62 other counties in Home median value

Columbia County is 16th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per household

Columbia County is 20th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Two or More

Main Cities Within Columbia County, New York

Hudson, New York

Columbia County, New York Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	62,499	42nd	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	634.7	35th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	99.4	38th	411.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	58th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.5%	50th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.5%	4th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.5%	31st	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.4%	21st	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	91.1%	34th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.8%	30th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	61st	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	24th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	13th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	20th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	27th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.8%	32nd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	49.8%	48th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.6%	24th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	32,875	39th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.2%	47th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	25,681	40th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.8%	21st	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$224,100	15th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	50th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	105	37th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$32,259	9th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$56,185	16th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.3%	55th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,675	37th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	15,072	43rd	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,644	28th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$638,351	41st	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,249	35th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$65,122	44th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732

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