Columbia, Pennsylvania Population History 1990 - 2018
Latest Data (2018)
| Population | 10,369 |
| Nationwide Rank | 3003 |
Quick Facts
Columbia, Pennsylvania is the 3,003rd largest city in the United States as of 2018.
Columbia, Pennsylvania is a borough.
Columbia, Pennsylvania is currently 4.0% smaller than it was in 1990, the year of its peak recorded population.
Columbia, Pennsylvania's growth is below average. 60% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
Similarly Sized Cities In US
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2993 | Hillsdale, New Jersey | 10,405 | 3.1% |
| 2994 | Vidalia, Georgia | 10,403 | -1.4% |
| 2995 | Columbia, Illinois | 10,401 | 30.0% |
| 2996 | Union City, Tennessee | 10,401 | -4.5% |
| 2997 | Big Rapids, Michigan | 10,395 | -4.1% |
| 2998 | East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 10,384 | 4.8% |
| 2999 | Vernon, Texas | 10,384 | -10.6% |
| 3000 | Richmond Heights, Ohio | 10,380 | -5.1% |
| 3001 | Bonham, Texas | 10,372 | 3.5% |
| 3002 | Vernal, Utah | 10,370 | 34.7% |
| 3003 | Columbia, Pennsylvania | 10,369 | 0.4% |
| 3004 | Shelton, Washington | 10,364 | 22.5% |
| 3005 | Cambridge, Ohio | 10,360 | -10.1% |
| 3006 | Cottage Grove, Oregon | 10,351 | 21.9% |
| 3007 | Sauk Village, Illinois | 10,346 | -0.6% |
| 3008 | Newberry, South Carolina | 10,337 | -0.1% |
| 3009 | Pella, Iowa | 10,335 | 3.9% |
| 3010 | Sedona, Arizona | 10,335 | 0.8% |
| 3011 | Nanticoke, Pennsylvania | 10,334 | -5.3% |
| 3012 | Forest Acres, South Carolina | 10,331 | -0.9% |
| 3013 | Prineville, Oregon | 10,329 | 22.1% |
Similarly Sized Cities In Pennsylvania
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | West Chester | 20,048 | 12.1% |
| 1860 | Murrysville | 19,704 | 4.6% |
| 1861 | West Mifflin | 19,703 | -11.0% |
| 1878 | Baldwin | 19,464 | -1.8% |
| 1880 | Johnstown | 19,447 | -18.3% |
| 1898 | Carlisle | 19,196 | 5.7% |
| 1904 | McKeesport | 19,115 | -20.0% |
| 2084 | Phoenixville | 16,957 | 14.5% |
| 2104 | Lansdale | 16,707 | 3.8% |
| 2221 | Hanover | 15,660 | 7.4% |
| 2238 | Hermitage | 15,535 | -4.1% |
| 2242 | Wilkinsburg | 15,448 | -17.2% |
| 2310 | Franklin Park | 14,749 | 29.0% |
| 2370 | Greensburg | 14,192 | -10.5% |
| 2404 | Bloomsburg | 13,919 | 12.7% |
| 2411 | Ephrata | 13,874 | 5.2% |
| 2445 | Whitehall | 13,648 | -5.4% |
| 2459 | Pottsville | 13,555 | -12.5% |
| 2467 | Washington | 13,508 | -10.9% |
| 2520 | Coatesville | 13,114 | 20.6% |
| 2521 | Dunmore | 13,110 | -8.3% |
| 2522 | Sharon | 13,109 | -19.5% |
| 2529 | Indiana | 13,078 | -12.7% |
| 2543 | Butler | 12,993 | -13.9% |
| 2562 | Kingston | 12,862 | -6.8% |
| 2582 | Meadville | 12,721 | -6.9% |
| 2637 | New Kensington | 12,363 | -15.6% |
| 2638 | St. Marys | 12,359 | -14.5% |
| 2797 | Yeadon | 11,471 | -2.3% |
| 2799 | Elizabethtown | 11,450 | -3.6% |
| 2800 | Emmaus | 11,446 | 1.2% |
| 2850 | Lower Burrell | 11,150 | -11.4% |
| 2851 | Jefferson Hills | 11,148 | 14.8% |
| 2859 | Munhall | 11,081 | -8.6% |
| 2896 | Waynesboro | 10,874 | 13.1% |
| 2930 | Darby | 10,678 | 3.8% |
| 2937 | Lansdowne | 10,621 | -3.7% |
| 2968 | Wyomissing | 10,499 | 0.7% |
| 2998 | East Stroudsburg | 10,384 | 4.8% |
| 3003 | Columbia | 10,369 | 0.4% |
| 3011 | Nanticoke | 10,334 | -5.3% |
| 3084 | Berwick | 10,002 | -6.8% |
| 3102 | Northampton | 9,922 | 5.5% |
| 3117 | Uniontown | 9,835 | -20.8% |
| 3134 | Oil City | 9,749 | -15.0% |
| 3161 | Bristol | 9,598 | -3.4% |
| 3178 | Lititz | 9,458 | 4.7% |
| 3191 | Sunbury | 9,409 | -11.1% |
| 3208 | Brentwood | 9,329 | -10.6% |
| 3223 | Middletown | 9,283 | 1.9% |
| 3248 | Jeannette | 9,133 | -14.0% |
| 3252 | Warren | 9,124 | -10.7% |
| 3255 | Economy | 9,114 | -2.5% |
| 3257 | Lock Haven | 9,108 | -0.3% |
| 3280 | Mechanicsburg | 8,992 | -0.3% |
| 3306 | Aliquippa | 8,908 | -23.4% |
| 3326 | Quakertown | 8,814 | -1.2% |
| 3328 | Canonsburg | 8,811 | 2.4% |
| 3344 | Collingdale | 8,772 | 1.3% |
| 3369 | Swissvale | 8,689 | -9.6% |
| 3391 | Perkasie | 8,607 | -2.6% |
| 3412 | Morrisville | 8,544 | -14.7% |
| 3435 | Carbondale | 8,441 | -13.6% |
| 3459 | Millersville | 8,388 | 7.9% |
| 3460 | Beaver Falls | 8,387 | -15.1% |
| 3477 | Dormont | 8,319 | -10.6% |
| 3487 | Doylestown | 8,297 | 0.8% |
| 3493 | Bradford | 8,280 | -9.3% |
| 3507 | Castle Shannon | 8,255 | -4.0% |
| 3534 | Mount Joy | 8,201 | 21.0% |
| 3544 | Lewistown | 8,156 | -9.2% |
| 3561 | Bellevue | 8,097 | -7.6% |
| 3565 | Pleasant Hills | 8,084 | -6.3% |
| 3573 | Conshohocken | 8,065 | 6.2% |
| 3587 | Brookhaven | 8,026 | 0.6% |
| 3615 | Old Forge | 7,937 | -9.5% |
| 3620 | Downingtown | 7,927 | 4.0% |
| 3623 | Camp Hill | 7,918 | 3.8% |
| 3635 | Grove City | 7,892 | -1.4% |
| 3637 | Latrobe | 7,885 | -12.0% |
| 3655 | Carnegie | 7,844 | -6.4% |
| 3661 | Wilson | 7,830 | 2.3% |
| 3682 | Pittston | 7,755 | -4.0% |
| 3690 | Gettysburg | 7,717 | 2.9% |
| 3735 | Palmyra | 7,576 | 6.8% |
| 3756 | White Oak | 7,499 | -12.2% |
| 3775 | Hatboro | 7,437 | 0.5% |
| 3782 | DuBois | 7,415 | -8.7% |
| 3786 | Ellwood City | 7,402 | -14.8% |
| 3811 | Connellsville | 7,316 | -19.2% |
| 3816 | New Cumberland | 7,301 | -0.4% |
| 3827 | Monessen | 7,277 | -15.8% |
| 3874 | Glenolden | 7,141 | -4.3% |
| 3886 | Souderton | 7,103 | 5.4% |
| 3910 | Ridley Park | 7,043 | -2.0% |
| 3918 | Archbald | 7,019 | 12.9% |
| 3924 | Shamokin | 6,984 | -12.6% |
| 3931 | Huntingdon | 6,959 | 0.6% |
| 4000 | Milton | 6,743 | 1.9% |
| 4011 | Tamaqua | 6,705 | -6.2% |
| 4021 | Clifton Heights | 6,681 | -1.3% |
| 4036 | Ambridge | 6,649 | -14.1% |
| 4051 | Folcroft | 6,616 | -5.1% |
| 4058 | Catasauqua | 6,598 | 0.2% |
| 4071 | Clairton | 6,566 | -22.1% |
| 4074 | West View | 6,555 | -9.3% |
| 4081 | Oakmont | 6,536 | -5.2% |
| 4094 | Ambler | 6,496 | 1.0% |
| 4100 | Prospect Park | 6,477 | -1.6% |
| 4125 | Swarthmore | 6,401 | 3.8% |
| 4152 | Red Lion | 6,343 | 2.9% |
| 4155 | California | 6,325 | 20.0% |
| 4168 | Forest Hills | 6,309 | -10.9% |
| 4172 | Corry | 6,288 | -7.7% |
| 4173 | Bellefonte | 6,281 | -2.1% |
| 4187 | Blakely | 6,240 | -11.0% |
| 4202 | Kennett Square | 6,195 | 17.3% |
| 4239 | South Williamsport | 6,103 | -4.6% |
| 4243 | Franklin | 6,078 | 1281.3% |
| 4285 | Steelton | 5,949 | 1.7% |
| 4296 | Selinsgrove | 5,926 | 10.3% |
| 4297 | Taylor | 5,926 | -8.2% |
| 4304 | Somerset | 5,901 | -12.6% |
| 4310 | McKees Rocks | 5,885 | -11.5% |
| 4311 | Clearfield | 5,882 | -11.2% |
| 4312 | Norwood | 5,882 | -1.6% |
| 4330 | Hellertown | 5,857 | 4.6% |
| 4354 | Clarion | 5,815 | -5.4% |
| 4360 | Dickson City | 5,804 | -6.1% |
| 4365 | Plymouth | 5,798 | -10.5% |
| 4368 | Moosic | 5,777 | 3.6% |
| 4372 | Crafton | 5,763 | -13.7% |
| 4374 | Punxsutawney | 5,758 | -8.0% |
| 4393 | Lewisburg | 5,730 | 1.8% |
| 4395 | New Brighton | 5,724 | -13.5% |
| 4396 | Nazareth | 5,720 | -4.9% |
| 4400 | Hollidaysburg | 5,708 | 6.3% |
| 4407 | Sharon Hill | 5,675 | 3.8% |
| 4411 | Media | 5,668 | 2.4% |
| 4436 | Exeter | 5,592 | -6.1% |
| 4441 | Shippensburg | 5,578 | -0.2% |
| 4445 | Mount Carmel | 5,573 | -12.5% |
| 4446 | Oxford | 5,572 | 28.5% |
| 4454 | Edinboro | 5,560 | -19.9% |
| 4457 | Duquesne | 5,548 | -24.2% |
| 4458 | Stroudsburg | 5,548 | -3.9% |
| 4481 | Coraopolis | 5,505 | -9.8% |
| 4497 | New Holland | 5,475 | 7.2% |
| 4507 | Monaca | 5,461 | -12.8% |
| 4524 | Sayre | 5,424 | -6.5% |
| 4547 | Greenville | 5,375 | -15.3% |
| 4555 | Palmerton | 5,344 | 1.9% |
| 4561 | Shillington | 5,333 | 5.3% |
| 4562 | Lehighton | 5,329 | -3.6% |
| 4589 | Fox Chapel | 5,274 | -7.6% |
| 4606 | Bangor | 5,237 | -1.5% |
| 4607 | Titusville | 5,237 | -14.7% |
| 4628 | Tyrone | 5,194 | -5.8% |
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Population History
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10,369 | 3,003 |
| 2017 | 10,432 | 2,966 |
| 2016 | 10,359 | 2,981 |
| 2015 | 10,388 | 2,962 |
| 2014 | 10,383 | 2,950 |
| 2013 | 10,382 | 2,939 |
| 2012 | 10,381 | 2,923 |
| 2011 | 10,390 | 2,913 |
| 2010 | 10,400 | 2,890 |
| 2009 | 10,089 | 2,921 |
| 2008 | 10,073 | 2,906 |
| 2007 | 10,073 | 2,885 |
| 2006 | 10,075 | 2,865 |
| 2005 | 10,073 | 2,840 |
| 2004 | 10,137 | 2,797 |
| 2003 | 10,214 | 2,768 |
| 2002 | 10,250 | 2,740 |
| 2001 | 10,282 | 2,724 |
| 2000 | 10,324 | 2,693 |
| 1990 | 10,803 | 2,322 |