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

Columbia is 1st in South Carolina out of 61 other cities in Current population (2012)

Columbia is 1st in South Carolina out of 83 other cities in Retail sales

Columbia is 1st in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Size in square miles

Columbia is 2nd in South Carolina out of 82 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Columbia is 2nd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Households

Columbia is 2nd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Housing units

Columbia is 3rd in South Carolina out of 78 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Columbia is 12th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Columbia is 14th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Columbia is 16th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	131,686	1st	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	132.2	1st	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	977.8	72nd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	83rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.0%	86th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.7%	84th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.0%	45th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.6%	14th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	51.7%	67th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	42.2%	29th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	49th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	16th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	37th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	37th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	48th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	49.6%	69th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	48.5%	90th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	43rd	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	52,471	2nd	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	43.0%	12th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	46,496	2nd	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	47.5%	80th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$161,100	27th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.2	85th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$24,603	32nd	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$38,995	54th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.3%	33rd	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Columbia	Rank	South Carolina	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,783	2nd	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,720,157	1st	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,595	29th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$495,965	3rd	$8,383,463	$613,795,732