Columbia County, Arkansas Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Columbia County is 8th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Female residents

Columbia County is 9th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Columbia County is 11th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Columbia County is 12th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Columbia County is 13th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Income below poverty line

Columbia County is 18th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Race - Asian

Columbia County is 20th in Arkansas out of 75 other counties in Size in square miles

Main Cities Within Columbia County, Arkansas

Magnolia, Arkansas

Columbia County, Arkansas Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	24,473	28th	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	766.0	20th	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	32.1	30th	56	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	41st	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.3%	53rd	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.2%	45th	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.4%	11th	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	9th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	61.3%	63rd	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	36.4%	12th	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	65th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	18th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	38th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	70th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	51st	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	59.5%	61st	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	52.1%	8th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	21st	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	11,549	26th	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.2%	32nd	15.2%	25.9%
Households	9,799	26th	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.1%	38th	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$79,500	35th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.4	61st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	10	40th	8,231	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$20,146	23rd	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$36,163	31st	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.8%	13th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Arkansas	US
Non-farm private establishments	592	24th	64,471	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,612	25th	980,644	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,859	33rd	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$197,935	32nd	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,143	44th	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$21,775	26th	$3,559,795	$613,795,732

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