2024 population: 2,225,377 ( 86,397 from 2020)
Land area: 4796.6 square miles
Population density: 464.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,504,617	67.61%	0.7%
Black:	382,029	17.17%	10.7%
Indian:	4,096	0.18%	0.0%
Asian:	132,047	5.93%	22.6%
2+ races:	64,445	2.90%	13.3%
Hispanic:	138,143	6.21%	24.8%

Total non-White:	720,760	32.39%	15.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	110,024	12.9
Deaths:	82,184	9.6
Net Migration:	-3,014	-0.4
Net Immigration:	61,601	7.2

Change in White population:	-9,957	-0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	96,354	4.5

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
2,138,980
1,514,574	70.81%
344,982	16.13%
4,096	0.19%
107,740	5.04%
56,866	2.66%
110,722	5.18%
624,406	29.19%

2010
1,901,974
1,458,078	76.66%
270,562	14.23%
3,718	0.20%
57,838	3.04%
41,462	2.18%
66,853	3.51%
443,896	23.34%

2000
1,675,013
1,368,987	81.73%
206,047	12.30%
3,931	0.23%
37,196	2.22%
27,122	1.62%
28,883	1.72%
306,026	18.27%

1990
1,462,258
1,262,697	86.35%
164,036	11.22%
3,143	0.21%
21,983	1.50%
n/a
10,399	0.71%
199,561	13.65%

1980
1,325,649
1,168,493	88.14%
136,206	10.27%
1,622	0.12%
8,498	0.64%
n/a
9,286	0.70%
157,156	11.86%

1970
1,218,536
1,097,805	90.09%
110,220	9.05%
792	0.06%
2,316	0.19%
n/a
6,277	0.52%
120,731	9.91%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
251,291	13.2
142,665	7.5
53,301	2.8
58,853	3.1

56,496	3.0
180,510	9.5

Number	Rate
2000's
246,647	14.7
124,557	7.4
34,418	2.1
41,064	2.5

89,091	5.3
137,870	8.2

Number	Rate
1990's
236,404	16.2
121,128	8.3
50,729	3.5
14,798	1.0

106,290	7.3
106,465	7.3

Number	Rate
1980's
216,320	16.3
108,365	8.2
37,622	2.8
n/a

94,204	7.1
42,405	3.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-13,795	-1.1
n/a

70,688	5.8
36,425	3.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Columbus, OH 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
36.7
497,438	11.4%
3,866,919	88.6%
294,143	6.7%

843,638
2.48

530,453	62.9%
384,833	72.5%
59,774	11.3%
313,185	37.1%

2010
Number	Percent
35.3
471,223	24.8%
1,430,751	75.2%
203,702	10.7%

748,517
2.48

476,826	63.7%
345,290	72.4%
57,331	12.0%
271,691	36.3%

2000
Number	Percent
33.9
428,950	25.6%
1,246,063	74.4%
169,660	10.1%

660,108
2.47

431,123	65.3%
330,344	76.6%
48,572	11.3%
228,985	34.7%

1990
Number	Percent
31.6
370,536	25.3%
1,091,722	74.7%
148,107	10.1%

555,808
2.55

381,383	68.6%
303,352	79.5%
37,177	9.7%
174,425	31.4%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
375,435	28.3%
950,214	71.7%
120,552	9.1%

477,568
2.69

343,082	71.8%
284,020	82.8%
31,003	9.0%
134,486	28.2%

2022 Housing Data for Columbus, OH Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	35,077	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	29,610	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	25,642	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	26,215	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	28,399	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	29,931	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	31,615	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	32,961	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	31,498	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	61,088	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	81,757	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	109,922	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	89,310	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	64,755	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	77,042	9.1%
$200,000 or more	88,816	10.5%

Median Household Income	78,030
Per Capita Income	41,713

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	41,924	5.0%
Public Assistance	16,096	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	92,186	10.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	996,786	74.4%
Unemployed	44,498	3.3%
In Armed Forces	1,726	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,043,010	77.8%
Not in Labor Force	296,889	22.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	414,973	333,977	55.4%
Non-Profit	36,723	68,332	35.0%
Self-Employed	54,292	32,434	62.6%

Local Government	31,924	43,212	42.5%
State Government	27,450	34,541	44.3%
Federal Government	10,301	8,521	54.7%

Total Private + Self	469,265	366,411	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	106,398	154,606	40.8%
Total	575,663	521,017	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	14.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	209,628	19.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	223,828	20.4%
Professional, Technical	284,451	25.9%
Service Occupations	164,331	15.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,888	0.2%
All others	215,889	19.7%

White Collar		65.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	165,627	15.1%
Retail trade	124,919	11.4%
Educational services	100,903	9.2%
Manufacturing	96,675	8.8%
Finance and insurance	85,283	7.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	84,064	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	72,110	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	63,911	5.8%
Construction	59,021	5.4%
Public administration	50,715	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	44,488	4.1%
Other services	43,826	4.0%
Wholesale trade	28,886	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	21,436	2.0%
Information	19,620	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	17,521	1.6%
Utilities	10,785	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,348	0.5%
Management	2,090	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	899	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	45,576	2.13%
Puerto Rican	16,450	0.77%
Cuban	1,447	0.07%
Dominican	5,227	0.24%

Total Central American	12,741	0.60%
Costa Rican	458	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,942	0.09%
Honduran	2,755	0.13%
Nicaraguan	192	0.01%
Panamanian	855	0.04%
Salvadoran	6,539	0.31%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	8,485	0.40%
Argentinean	634	0.03%
Bolivian	193	0.01%
Chilean	512	0.02%
Colombian	2,114	0.10%
Ecuadorian	848	0.04%
Paraguayan	32	0.00%
Peruvian	1,329	0.06%
Uruguayan	70	0.00%
Venezuelan	2,753	0.13%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	8,630	0.40%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	40,517	1.90%
Chinese	17,871	0.84%
Vietnamese	5,006	0.23%
Korean	4,873	0.23%
Filipino	3,968	0.19%
Japanese	3,520	0.16%
Bhutanese	2,639	0.12%
Cambodian	2,224	0.10%
Laotian	2,034	0.10%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,771,989	88.5%
Spanish	60,806	3.0%
Other	47,884	2.4%
Other Indo-European	38,859	1.9%
Other Asian	20,852	1.0%
Chinese	15,199	0.8%
Arabic	13,634	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9,968	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	7,774	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	435,689	20.4%
Irish	266,467	12.5%
English	219,057	10.2%
American	117,022	5.5%
Italian	109,575	5.1%
Polish	47,968	2.2%
Scottish	44,993	2.1%
European	39,088	1.8%
French	34,257	1.6%
Welsh	26,472	1.2%
Somalian	24,282	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	21,122	1.0%
Dutch	20,857	1.0%
African	18,400	0.9%
Hungarian	16,347	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,041,526	95.5%
Not a citizen	95,697	4.5%

Native	1,941,692	90.9%
Foreign-born	195,531	9.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
37,068	2.6%	75,606	5.2%	385,207	26.7%	381,082	26.4%	351,374	24.4%	211,079	14.6%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	37,068	2.6%
9-12 Years	75,606	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	385,207	26.7%
Some College	381,082	26.4%
Bach. Degree	351,374	24.4%
Grad Degree	211,079	14.6%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,574,802	1,510,096	64,706	4.1%
1991	1,577,706	1,505,996	71,710	4.5%
1992	1,611,586	1,525,134	86,452	5.4%
1993	1,628,092	1,542,758	85,334	5.2%
1994	1,656,228	1,586,000	70,228	4.2%
1995	1,680,184	1,621,230	58,954	3.5%
1996	1,700,906	1,639,546	61,360	3.6%
1997	1,733,660	1,676,920	56,740	3.3%
1998	1,748,196	1,692,296	55,900	3.2%
1999	1,782,500	1,727,310	55,190	3.1%

2000	1,816,358	1,752,462	63,896	3.5%
2001	1,849,904	1,783,036	66,868	3.6%
2002	1,862,376	1,765,792	96,584	5.2%
2003	1,877,648	1,772,620	105,028	5.6%
2004	1,885,454	1,776,794	108,660	5.8%
2005	1,906,620	1,801,604	105,016	5.5%
2006	1,952,896	1,859,076	93,820	4.8%
2007	1,995,588	1,898,652	96,936	4.9%
2008	2,009,334	1,893,878	115,456	5.7%
2009	1,986,612	1,813,586	173,026	8.7%

2010	2,011,826	1,829,960	181,866	9.0%
2011	2,002,054	1,845,080	156,974	7.8%
2012	2,009,010	1,879,228	129,782	6.5%
2013	2,030,988	1,899,486	131,502	6.5%
2014	2,061,408	1,959,816	101,592	4.9%
2015	2,084,360	1,996,612	87,748	4.2%
2016	2,120,074	2,030,874	89,200	4.2%
2017	2,161,082	2,072,570	88,512	4.1%
2018	2,177,164	2,093,104	84,060	3.9%
2019	2,213,810	2,133,986	79,824	3.6%

2020	2,216,740	2,061,042	155,698	7.0%
2021	2,230,002	2,126,200	103,802	4.7%
2022	2,246,448	2,170,082	76,366	3.4%
2023	2,257,712	2,187,334	70,378	3.1%
2024	2,318,162	2,225,996	92,166	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	904,907
Median Value	$252,448

Occupied	843,638	93.2%
Vacant	61,269	6.8%

Owned	520,188	61.7%
Rented	323,450	38.3%
Median Rent	$1,129

Single-Family Units	624,884	69.1%
Detached	557,516	61.6%
Attached	67,368	7.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	174,110	19.2%
Mobile Homes	21,685	2.4%

Columbus, OH Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Columbus, OH Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Columbus, OH Metro Area

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Columbus, OH Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Columbus, OH Metro Area