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):

2022
Number	Percent
37.2
182,782	10.8%
687,411	79.0%
128,680	7.6%

328,749
2.43

208,187	63.3%
144,181	69.3%
26,728	12.8%
120,562	36.7%

2010
Number	Percent
35.7
180,161	23.5%
587,437	76.5%
87,679	11.4%

294,881
2.48

193,598	65.7%
133,457	68.9%
26,276	13.6%
101,283	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%

2022 Housing Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	22,504	6.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,398	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	11,890	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,801	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	12,818	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	15,038	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	15,558	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,355	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	13,783	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	26,498	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	32,105	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	43,438	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	29,318	8.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	20,706	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	23,259	7.1%
$200,000 or more	23,280	7.1%

Median Household Income	63,405
Per Capita Income	35,407

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,641	4.5%
Public Assistance	4,964	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	37,621	11.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	350,026	68.5%
Unemployed	21,883	4.3%
In Armed Forces	9,692	1.9%

Total Labor Force	381,601	74.6%
Not in Labor Force	129,614	25.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	134,989	117,097	53.5%
Non-Profit	9,348	17,363	35.0%
Self-Employed	21,120	12,662	62.5%

Local Government	10,353	17,497	37.2%
State Government	14,825	23,721	38.5%
Federal Government	6,965	6,072	53.4%

Total Private + Self	156,109	129,759	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	41,491	64,653	39.1%
Total	197,600	194,412	50.4%

Pct. Govt.	20.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	63,859	16.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	85,620	21.8%
Professional, Technical	95,388	24.3%
Service Occupations	64,171	16.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,429	0.4%
All others	84,091	21.4%

White Collar		62.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	53,735	13.7%
Retail trade	42,599	10.8%
Educational services	40,953	10.4%
Manufacturing	37,493	9.5%
Accommodation and food services	28,613	7.3%
Public administration	27,475	7.0%
Construction	24,251	6.2%
Finance and insurance	21,919	5.6%
Other services	21,706	5.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	21,170	5.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	19,715	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	16,887	4.3%
Wholesale trade	9,164	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,721	1.7%
Information	6,485	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,993	1.5%
Utilities	4,731	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,652	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	487	0.1%
Management	380	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	23,059	2.77%
Puerto Rican	9,037	1.09%
Cuban	1,859	0.22%
Dominican	846	0.10%

Total Central American	7,182	0.86%
Costa Rican	253	0.03%
Guatemalan	2,663	0.32%
Honduran	2,685	0.32%
Nicaraguan	394	0.05%
Panamanian	519	0.06%
Salvadoran	639	0.08%
Other Central American	29	0.00%

Total South American	3,755	0.45%
Argentinean	162	0.02%
Bolivian	129	0.02%
Chilean	113	0.01%
Colombian	1,901	0.23%
Ecuadorian	311	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	442	0.05%
Uruguayan	31	0.00%
Venezuelan	666	0.08%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,656	0.44%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	6,778	0.81%
Chinese	3,253	0.39%
Filipino	2,170	0.26%
Korean	2,117	0.25%
Vietnamese	1,275	0.15%
Japanese	482	0.06%
Thai	453	0.05%
Burmese	372	0.04%
Laotian	259	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	722,173	91.9%
Spanish	35,753	4.5%
Other Indo-European	6,692	0.9%
Other	3,294	0.4%
German, other Germanic	2,904	0.4%
Other Asian	2,828	0.4%
Chinese	2,625	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,066	0.3%
Korean	1,934	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	80,492	9.7%
English	74,050	8.9%
Irish	59,325	7.1%
American	57,653	6.9%
Italian	19,571	2.4%
European	15,983	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	15,799	1.9%
Scottish	15,450	1.9%
African	12,254	1.5%
French	11,644	1.4%
Polish	10,651	1.3%
Dutch	4,511	0.5%
British	3,873	0.5%
Norwegian	3,171	0.4%
Welsh	3,164	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	808,838	97.2%
Not a citizen	23,075	2.8%

Native	788,116	94.7%
Foreign-born	43,797	5.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
14,947	2.7%	34,698	6.3%	141,137	25.5%	173,135	31.3%	113,490	20.5%	75,908	13.7%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	14,947	2.7%
9-12 Years	34,698	6.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	141,137	25.5%
Some College	173,135	31.3%
Bach. Degree	113,490	20.5%
Grad Degree	75,908	13.7%
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	368,116
Median Value	$191,980

Occupied	328,749	89.3%
Vacant	39,367	10.7%

Owned	225,870	68.7%
Rented	102,879	31.3%
Median Rent	$1,066

Single-Family Units	255,417	69.4%
Detached	245,449	66.7%
Attached	9,968	2.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	49,151	13.4%
Mobile Homes	45,968	12.5%

Columbia, SC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Columbia, SC Metro Area