2024 population: 2,608,657 ( 85,368 from 2020)
Land area: 9114.1 square miles
Population density: 286.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,855,438	71.13%	0.8%
Black:	393,934	15.10%	10.5%
Indian:	5,239	0.20%	1.5%
Asian:	135,003	5.18%	22.7%
2+ races:	72,699	2.79%	13.3%
Hispanic:	146,344	5.61%	24.3%

Total non-White:	753,219	28.87%	15.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	127,847	12.7
Deaths:	105,070	10.4
Net Migration:	-139	-0.0
Net Immigration:	62,584	6.2

Change in White population:	-14,138	-0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	99,506	3.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
2,523,289
1,869,576	74.09%
356,578	14.13%
5,162	0.20%
110,058	4.36%
64,188	2.54%
117,727	4.67%
653,713	25.91%

2010
2,292,996
1,824,129	79.55%
281,874	12.29%
4,554	0.20%
59,542	2.60%
47,199	2.06%
71,884	3.13%
468,867	20.45%

2000
2,055,666
1,729,496	84.13%
216,923	10.55%
4,862	0.24%
38,632	1.88%
30,799	1.50%
31,799	1.55%
326,170	15.87%

1990
1,823,652
1,610,216	88.30%
173,928	9.54%
3,965	0.22%
23,480	1.29%
n/a
12,063	0.66%
213,436	11.70%

1980
1,688,259
1,519,085	89.98%
144,635	8.57%
2,192	0.13%
9,450	0.56%
n/a
11,206	0.66%
169,174	10.02%

1970
1,557,879
1,428,291	91.68%
117,624	7.55%
932	0.06%
2,578	0.17%
n/a
7,142	0.46%
129,588	8.32%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
292,714	12.8
182,435	8.0
44,395	1.9
59,693	2.6

45,447	2.0
184,846	8.1

Number	Rate
2000's
290,742	14.1
161,194	7.8
29,928	1.5
42,054	2.0

94,633	4.6
142,697	6.9

Number	Rate
1990's
284,595	15.6
159,453	8.7
60,906	3.3
15,379	0.8

119,280	6.5
112,734	6.2

Number	Rate
1980's
268,180	15.9
143,405	8.5
21,324	1.3
n/a

91,131	5.4
44,262	2.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-15,719	-1.0
n/a

90,794	5.8
39,586	2.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.3
582,646	11.4%
2,026,011	77.7%
364,515	7.1%

992,945
2.47

627,549	63.2%
457,776	72.9%
69,530	11.1%
365,396	36.8%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
562,613	24.5%
1,730,383	75.5%
261,936	11.4%

897,735
2.48

579,002	64.5%
422,120	72.9%
67,543	11.7%
318,733	35.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
523,851	25.5%
1,531,815	74.5%
221,707	10.8%

804,426
2.48

533,531	66.3%
412,479	77.3%
57,375	10.8%
270,895	33.7%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
465,956	25.6%
1,357,696	74.4%
197,528	10.8%

687,859
2.56

479,942	69.8%
385,582	80.3%
44,680	9.3%
207,917	30.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
481,444	28.5%
1,206,815	71.5%
163,361	9.7%

603,971
2.71

440,707	73.0%
369,294	83.8%
36,781	8.3%
163,264	27.0%

2022 Housing Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	44,111	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	37,232	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	32,269	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	33,675	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	35,808	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	37,230	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	38,865	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	40,060	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	37,886	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	73,415	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	95,831	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	130,084	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	103,906	10.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	73,069	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	85,217	8.6%
$200,000 or more	94,287	9.5%

Median Household Income	74,913
Per Capita Income	39,884

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	52,609	5.3%
Public Assistance	20,182	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	116,412	11.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,149,473	73.0%
Unemployed	53,005	3.4%
In Armed Forces	1,846	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,204,324	76.5%
Not in Labor Force	369,522	23.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	480,091	383,048	55.6%
Non-Profit	41,103	78,300	34.4%
Self-Employed	63,045	37,124	62.9%

Local Government	37,006	51,587	41.8%
State Government	30,681	37,736	44.8%
Federal Government	12,038	9,524	55.8%

Total Private + Self	543,136	420,172	56.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	120,828	177,147	40.5%
Total	663,964	597,319	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	14.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	228,917	18.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	253,152	20.0%
Professional, Technical	314,416	24.9%
Service Occupations	194,746	15.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,263	0.3%
All others	272,087	21.5%

White Collar		63.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	191,411	15.2%
Retail trade	143,434	11.4%
Manufacturing	129,841	10.3%
Educational services	114,675	9.1%
Finance and insurance	90,049	7.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	88,789	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	83,724	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	71,026	5.6%
Construction	70,942	5.6%
Public administration	58,282	4.6%
Other services	50,700	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	50,377	4.0%
Wholesale trade	31,428	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	23,321	1.8%
Information	21,715	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	19,146	1.5%
Utilities	12,445	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	8,435	0.7%
Management	2,228	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,350	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	49,358	1.96%
Puerto Rican	17,963	0.71%
Cuban	1,826	0.07%
Dominican	5,333	0.21%

Total Central American	12,997	0.52%
Costa Rican	480	0.02%
Guatemalan	2,069	0.08%
Honduran	2,806	0.11%
Nicaraguan	213	0.01%
Panamanian	863	0.03%
Salvadoran	6,566	0.26%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	8,621	0.34%
Argentinean	634	0.03%
Bolivian	224	0.01%
Chilean	532	0.02%
Colombian	2,132	0.08%
Ecuadorian	866	0.03%
Paraguayan	32	0.00%
Peruvian	1,367	0.05%
Uruguayan	70	0.00%
Venezuelan	2,764	0.11%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	9,461	0.38%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	40,867	1.62%
Chinese	18,476	0.73%
Vietnamese	5,055	0.20%
Korean	4,956	0.20%
Filipino	4,423	0.18%
Japanese	3,896	0.15%
Bhutanese	2,639	0.10%
Cambodian	2,288	0.09%
Laotian	2,057	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,119,884	89.7%
Spanish	64,180	2.7%
Other	48,128	2.0%
Other Indo-European	39,638	1.7%
Other Asian	21,448	0.9%
Chinese	15,626	0.7%
Arabic	14,017	0.6%
German, other Germanic	13,872	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	10,456	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	521,373	20.7%
Irish	312,800	12.4%
English	262,973	10.4%
American	152,558	6.1%
Italian	119,843	4.8%
Polish	52,925	2.1%
Scottish	52,421	2.1%
European	44,267	1.8%
French	40,219	1.6%
Welsh	30,399	1.2%
Dutch	26,820	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	25,024	1.0%
Somalian	24,282	1.0%
African	19,040	0.8%
Hungarian	18,093	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,422,887	96.1%
Not a citizen	98,331	3.9%

Native	2,321,198	92.1%
Foreign-born	200,020	7.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
46,481	2.7%	96,426	5.7%	501,908	29.4%	454,359	26.6%	379,128	22.2%	226,716	13.3%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	46,481	2.7%
9-12 Years	96,426	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	501,908	29.4%
Some College	454,359	26.6%
Bach. Degree	379,128	22.2%
Grad Degree	226,716	13.3%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	954,135	908,477	45,658	4.8%
1991	956,240	906,025	50,215	5.3%
1992	976,952	918,084	58,868	6.0%
1993	987,246	930,695	56,551	5.7%
1994	1,004,257	957,420	46,837	4.7%
1995	1,018,625	977,930	40,695	4.0%
1996	1,031,478	988,366	43,112	4.2%
1997	1,047,316	1,007,640	39,676	3.8%
1998	1,054,042	1,015,232	38,810	3.7%
1999	1,070,336	1,032,498	37,838	3.5%

2000	1,090,999	1,049,992	41,007	3.8%
2001	1,109,302	1,066,107	43,195	3.9%
2002	1,114,913	1,054,400	60,513	5.4%
2003	1,123,200	1,057,220	65,980	5.9%
2004	1,127,887	1,059,511	68,376	6.1%
2005	1,140,059	1,074,449	65,610	5.8%
2006	1,164,255	1,105,974	58,281	5.0%
2007	1,187,596	1,127,004	60,592	5.1%
2008	1,191,542	1,119,399	72,143	6.1%
2009	1,177,347	1,068,233	109,114	9.3%

2010	1,188,705	1,076,093	112,612	9.5%
2011	1,179,802	1,082,679	97,123	8.2%
2012	1,180,423	1,100,513	79,910	6.8%
2013	1,190,237	1,109,656	80,581	6.8%
2014	1,205,576	1,143,600	61,976	5.1%
2015	1,216,105	1,162,658	53,447	4.4%
2016	1,234,123	1,179,752	54,371	4.4%
2017	1,254,544	1,201,082	53,462	4.3%
2018	1,261,792	1,211,413	50,379	4.0%
2019	1,281,140	1,233,318	47,822	3.7%

2020	1,281,895	1,190,296	91,599	7.1%
2021	1,285,475	1,224,926	60,549	4.7%
2022	1,292,447	1,247,126	45,321	3.5%
2023	1,298,988	1,257,470	41,518	3.2%
2024	1,328,362	1,274,520	53,842	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,071,380
Median Value	$235,796

Occupied	992,945	92.7%
Vacant	78,435	7.3%

Owned	624,850	62.9%
Rented	368,095	37.1%
Median Rent	$1,077

Single-Family Units	754,299	70.4%
Detached	684,197	63.9%
Attached	70,102	6.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	184,211	17.2%
Mobile Homes	37,630	3.5%

Columbus, OH Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Columbus, OH Market Area