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

Columbia County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Female residents

Columbia County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Columbia County is 18th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	66,887	39th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	483.1	46th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	139.3	35th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	4.6%	58th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.1%	62nd	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.6%	46th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.0%	35th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.8%	31st	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	95.9%	29th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	42nd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	34th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	26th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	44th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	30th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.0%	30th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	52.0%	5th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	27th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	29,637	43rd	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.9%	22nd	20.5%	25.9%
Households	25,906	40th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.9%	56th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$129,000	32nd	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	33rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	91	34th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$22,861	36th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$44,136	37th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.2%	12th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,416	39th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	22,104	37th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,929	42nd	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$826,209	36th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,752	18th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$90,614	35th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732