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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Columbia County is 16th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Columbia County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Columbia County is 19th in Florida out of 67 other counties in People per household

Columbia County is 19th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Main Cities Within Columbia County, Florida

Lake City, Florida

Columbia County, Florida Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	67,966	40th	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	797.6	25th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	84.7	41st	350.6	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	16th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.9%	18th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.3%	44th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.2%	41st	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.1%	47th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	78.1%	49th	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	18.4%	19th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	25th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	38th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	38th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	27th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	48th	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.5%	33rd	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	48.2%	42nd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.6%	53rd	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	28,910	41st	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.4%	39th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	24,127	40th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.1%	50th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$127,100	44th	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.6	19th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	47	45th	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$19,224	46th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$38,589	48th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.2%	31st	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,325	39th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	16,999	36th	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,089	41st	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$862,158	36th	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,692	24th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$103,321	38th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732

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