Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Columbus city GEOCODE:39-0960 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 564,866 100.0% 632,958 100.0% 68,092 12.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 438,297 77.6% 472,389 74.6% 34,092 7.8 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 23,566 4.2% 20,693 3.3% -2,873 -12.2 -0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 431,966 76.5% 471,786 74.5% 39,820 9.2 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 124,689 22.1% 142,609 22.5% 17,920 14.4 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 5,410 1.0% 14,457 2.3% 9,047 167.2 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,024 0.2% 1,301 0.2% 277 27.1 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,300 0.9% 5,968 0.9% 668 12.6 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 42,764 7.6% 49,972 7.9% 7,208 16.9 0.3 5-17.................. 102,736 18.2% 99,958 15.8% -2,778 -2.7 -2.4 18-24.................. 107,768 19.1% 98,217 15.5% -9,551 -8.9 -3.6 25-44.................. 165,675 29.3% 232,288 36.7% 66,613 40.2 7.4 45-64.................. 95,888 17.0% 94,829 15.0% -1,059 -1.1 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 50,035 8.9% 57,694 9.1% 7,659 15.3 0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 145,500 25.8% 149,930 23.7% 4,430 3.0 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 173,207 30.7% 192,905 30.5% 19,698 11.4 -0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.3 29.5 2.2 8.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,336 $26,651 1,315 5.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,789 $32,898 1,109 3.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,585 $13,151 1,566 13.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 89,218 16.5% 105,494 17.2% 16,276 18.2 0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 217,513 100.0% 257,376 100.0% 39,863 18.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 136,635 62.8% 151,877 59.0% 15,242 11.2 -3.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 75,352 34.6% 91,260 35.5% 15,908 21.1 0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 102,519 47.1% 107,743 41.9% 5,224 5.1 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 49,697 22.8% 50,245 19.5% 548 1.1 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 28,362 13.0% 35,785 13.9% 7,423 26.2 0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 18,667 8.6% 21,967 8.5% 3,300 17.7 -0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 64,385 29.6% 80,183 31.2% 15,798 24.5 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 311,598 100.0% 384,811 100.0% 73,213 23.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 109,130 35.0% 110,074 28.6% 944 0.9 -6.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 57,939 18.6% 94,618 24.6% 36,679 63.3 6.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 279,746 100.0% 345,545 100.0% 65,799 23.5 FEMALE................ 127,467 45.6% 165,323 47.8% 37,856 29.7 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 261,852 93.6% 325,088 94.1% 63,236 24.1 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 63,939 22.9% 94,185 27.3% 30,246 47.3 4.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 36,683 13.1% 42,662 12.3% 5,979 16.3 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 236,565 100.0% 278,102 100.0% 41,537 17.6 OCCUPIED.............. 217,151 91.8% 257,013 92.4% 39,862 18.4 0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 105,983 48.8% 119,741 46.6% 13,758 13.0 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $71,351 $73,543 2,193 3.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 111,168 51.2% 137,272 53.4% 26,104 23.5 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $357 $422 65 18.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 130,280 55.1% 148,554 53.4% 18,274 14.0 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,801 0.8% 2,084 0.7% 283 15.7 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.4 1965.0 6.6 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis