West Columbia, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

West Columbia is 4th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Foreign born residents

West Columbia is 5th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

West Columbia is 9th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

West Columbia is 9th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

West Columbia is 16th in South Carolina out of 57 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	15,631	25th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7.0	61st	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,143.6	9th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	57th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.5%	82nd	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.3%	24th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.3%	53rd	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.4%	23rd	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	68.0%	44th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	18.5%	60th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	5th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	24th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	93rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	23rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	9th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.9%	45th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	51.1%	73rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	16.5%	4th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	7,665	29th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.3%	24th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	6,683	30th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.8%	56th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$135,500	45th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.2	83rd	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,491	26th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$46,331	37th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.8%	52nd	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	West Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,645	30th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$402,342	25th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$29,100	16th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$52,856	23rd	$8,383,463	$613,795,732