Columbia County, Oregon Demographics

Columbia County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Home ownership rate

Columbia County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per household

Columbia County is 7th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per capita

Columbia County is 8th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Columbia County is 9th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Columbia County is 10th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Two or More

Columbia County is 11th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in People per household

Columbia County is 11th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Columbia County is 16th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Home median value

Columbia County is 16th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	49,286	17th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	657.4	34th	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	75.1	9th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	19th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.9%	11th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.5%	26th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.4%	19th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.8%	25th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	93.5%	16th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	25th	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5%	23rd	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	22nd	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	26th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.4%	10th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	32nd	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.8%	8th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	50.0%	22nd	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	24th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	20,811	19th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.4%	27th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	19,173	18th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.8%	1st	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$221,200	16th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	11th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	28	22nd	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$25,440	7th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$56,270	3rd	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.8%	31st	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	928	20th	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,948	21st	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,017	19th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$357,383	21st	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,306	32nd	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$44,223	23rd	$7,555,764	$613,795,732