2024 population: 870,193 ( 40,727 from 2020)
Land area: 3703.0 square miles
Population density: 235.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	462,293	53.13%	1.6%
Black:	296,627	34.09%	5.6%
Indian:	2,622	0.30%	5.3%
Asian:	24,137	2.77%	20.7%
2+ races:	19,272	2.21%	18.2%
Hispanic:	65,242	7.50%	18.5%

Total non-White:	407,900	46.87%	8.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	38,763	11.7
Deaths:	37,081	11.2
Net Migration:	29,355	8.8
Net Immigration:	9,627	2.9

Change in White population:	7,489	0.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	33,238	4.0

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
829,466
454,804	54.83%
280,796	33.85%
2,491	0.30%
19,999	2.41%
16,310	1.97%
55,066	6.64%
374,662	45.17%

2010
767,598
447,927	58.35%
252,329	32.87%
2,259	0.29%
13,066	1.70%
11,869	1.55%
39,153	5.10%
319,671	41.65%

2000
647,158
403,452	62.34%
211,528	32.69%
1,648	0.25%
8,223	1.27%
6,023	0.93%
15,608	2.41%
243,706	37.66%

1990
548,335
362,094	66.04%
174,449	31.81%
1,145	0.21%
4,650	0.85%
n/a
5,997	1.09%
186,241	33.96%

1980
498,159
335,083	67.26%
152,645	30.64%
632	0.13%
3,102	0.62%
n/a
6,116	1.23%
163,076	32.74%

1970
402,914
280,262	69.56%
117,838	29.25%
317	0.08%
730	0.18%
n/a
3,289	0.82%
122,652	30.44%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
86,594	11.3
61,592	8.0
32,738	4.3
13,450	1.8

6,877	0.9
54,991	7.2

Number	Rate
2000's
86,683	13.4
52,010	8.0
55,384	8.6
10,809	1.7

44,475	6.9
75,965	11.7

Number	Rate
1990's
86,088	15.7
47,679	8.7
31,041	5.7
3,905	0.7

41,358	7.5
57,465	10.5

Number	Rate
1980's
79,245	15.9
40,543	8.1
15,695	3.2
n/a

27,011	5.4
23,165	4.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
48,507	12.0
n/a

54,821	13.6
40,424	10.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Columbia, SC Metro 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):

2024
Number	Percent
37.6
187,388	21.5%
682,805	78.5%
136,824	15.7%

339,601
2.41

213,965	63.0%
148,277	69.3%
25,421	11.9%
125,636	37.0%

2010
Number	Percent
71.8
-407,276	-53.1%
1,174,874	153.1%
175,358	22.8%

589,762
2.48

387,196	65.7%
266,914	68.9%
52,552	13.6%
202,566	34.3%

2000
Number	Percent
34.6
162,347	25.1%
484,811	74.9%
67,835	10.5%

245,447
2.50

168,107	68.5%
124,288	73.9%
21,119	12.6%
77,340	31.5%

1990
Number	Percent
31.6
139,537	25.4%
408,798	74.6%
53,908	9.8%

197,021
2.64

142,048	72.1%
109,801	77.3%
14,799	10.4%
54,973	27.9%

1980
Number	Percent
27.8
142,185	28.5%
355,974	71.5%
39,611	8.0%

161,968
2.86

123,101	76.0%
99,276	80.6%
11,753	9.5%
38,867	24.0%

2024 Housing Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	22,032	6.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	11,572	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,901	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,682	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,513	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	13,771	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	13,068	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	14,863	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	13,685	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	25,336	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	33,520	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	46,007	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	32,107	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	21,396	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	28,141	8.3%
$200,000 or more	28,007	8.2%

Median Household Income	68,229
Per Capita Income	37,945

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,462	4.3%
Public Assistance	4,637	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	38,776	11.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	352,235	69.0%
Unemployed	21,676	4.2%
In Armed Forces	8,014	1.6%

Total Labor Force	381,925	74.9%
Not in Labor Force	128,235	25.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	136,872	120,591	53.2%
Non-Profit	9,438	19,123	33.0%
Self-Employed	22,860	13,433	63.0%

Local Government	10,058	18,265	35.5%
State Government	15,110	23,056	39.6%
Federal Government	6,883	5,948	53.6%

Total Private + Self	159,732	134,024	54.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	41,489	66,392	38.5%
Total	201,221	200,416	50.1%

Pct. Govt.	19.7%
Pct. Private + Self	73.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	66,866	16.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	86,528	21.5%
Professional, Technical	100,016	24.9%
Service Occupations	63,679	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,921	0.5%
All others	85,173	21.2%

White Collar		63.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	53,900	13.4%
Retail trade	42,862	10.7%
Educational services	41,189	10.2%
Manufacturing	38,977	9.7%
Public administration	28,315	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	26,893	6.7%
Construction	26,308	6.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	24,228	6.0%
Finance and insurance	22,466	5.6%
Other services	22,400	5.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	20,390	5.1%
Transportation and warehousing	18,363	4.6%
Wholesale trade	8,484	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,553	1.6%
Information	6,273	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,932	1.5%
Utilities	4,502	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,274	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	683	0.2%
Management	270	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	25,642	3.02%
Puerto Rican	9,975	1.17%
Cuban	2,141	0.25%
Dominican	1,203	0.14%

Total Central American	11,326	1.33%
Costa Rican	237	0.03%
Guatemalan	3,460	0.41%
Honduran	4,661	0.55%
Nicaraguan	534	0.06%
Panamanian	1,312	0.15%
Salvadoran	1,085	0.13%
Other Central American	37	0.00%

Total South American	4,956	0.58%
Argentinean	317	0.04%
Bolivian	263	0.03%
Chilean	104	0.01%
Colombian	2,013	0.24%
Ecuadorian	447	0.05%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	563	0.07%
Uruguayan	93	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,156	0.14%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,449	0.52%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	7,767	0.91%
Chinese	3,028	0.36%
Filipino	2,300	0.27%
Korean	2,044	0.24%
Vietnamese	1,487	0.18%
Bangladeshi	401	0.05%
Burmese	371	0.04%
Japanese	348	0.04%
Thai	305	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	732,938	91.4%
Spanish	39,841	5.0%
Other Indo-European	7,787	1.0%
Other	3,712	0.5%
Other Asian	3,511	0.4%
Chinese	2,537	0.3%
German, other Germanic	2,480	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,079	0.3%
Korean	1,948	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	85,911	10.1%
German	81,592	9.6%
Irish	64,062	7.5%
American	52,119	6.1%
Italian	22,413	2.6%
Scottish	15,651	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	15,305	1.8%
African	11,662	1.4%
French	11,660	1.4%
Polish	11,311	1.3%
European	11,310	1.3%
Dutch	4,386	0.5%
Jamaican	3,411	0.4%
Swedish	3,193	0.4%
British	3,103	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	822,482	96.9%
Not a citizen	26,699	3.1%

Native	800,015	94.2%
Foreign-born	49,166	5.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
15,136	2.7%	33,573	5.9%	145,253	25.6%	172,689	30.4%	119,264	21.0%	81,339	14.3%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	15,136	2.7%
9-12 Years	33,573	5.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	145,253	25.6%
Some College	172,689	30.4%
Bach. Degree	119,264	21.0%
Grad Degree	81,339	14.3%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	582,504	557,908	24,596	4.2%
1991	590,330	560,996	29,334	5.0%
1992	598,880	565,676	33,204	5.5%
1993	600,716	564,066	36,650	6.1%
1994	609,230	580,854	28,376	4.7%
1995	617,590	594,008	23,582	3.8%
1996	628,826	603,358	25,468	4.1%
1997	644,312	624,212	20,100	3.1%
1998	654,368	638,368	16,000	2.4%
1999	663,340	644,654	18,686	2.8%

2000	667,014	645,474	21,540	3.2%
2001	658,614	630,206	28,408	4.3%
2002	664,282	630,044	34,238	5.2%
2003	680,534	640,258	40,276	5.9%
2004	698,428	654,684	43,744	6.3%
2005	710,854	666,700	44,154	6.2%
2006	741,044	696,902	44,142	6.0%
2007	745,290	705,628	39,662	5.3%
2008	745,054	698,302	46,752	6.3%
2009	742,964	674,356	68,608	9.2%

2010	750,902	679,906	70,996	9.5%
2011	753,912	686,140	67,772	9.0%
2012	761,270	701,398	59,872	7.9%
2013	765,698	715,860	49,838	6.5%
2014	778,932	735,194	43,738	5.6%
2015	797,038	754,028	43,010	5.4%
2016	804,674	768,094	36,580	4.5%
2017	800,430	768,052	32,378	4.0%
2018	792,838	766,898	25,940	3.3%
2019	802,550	781,830	20,720	2.6%

2020	809,108	766,482	42,626	5.3%
2021	796,870	767,646	29,224	3.7%
2022	802,052	777,390	24,662	3.1%
2023	828,084	804,840	23,244	2.8%
2024	841,324	807,388	33,936	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	378,275
Median Value	$231,421

Occupied	339,601	89.8%
Vacant	38,674	10.2%

Owned	235,645	69.4%
Rented	103,956	30.6%
Median Rent	$1,169

Single-Family Units	265,659	70.2%
Detached	254,443	67.3%
Attached	11,216	3.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	51,406	13.6%
Mobile Homes	43,565	11.5%

Columbia, SC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area