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Columbus, KY map Population (year 2000): 229. Estimated population in July 2006: 216 (-5.7% change)
 

Males: 116  (50.7%)
Females: 113  (49.3%)

Hickman County

Median resident age:  35.3 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Zip codes: 42032.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $25,200 (it was $25,313 in 2000)
Columbus  $25,200
Kentucky:  $37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $30,500 (it was $32,000 in 2000)
Columbus  $30,500
Kentucky:  $103,900

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Races in Columbus:

  • White Non-Hispanic (75.1%)
  • Black (17.9%)
  • Hispanic (4.8%)
  • Two or more races (2.6%)
  • Other race (2.2%)

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Ancestries: United States (38.4%), Irish (3.9%), Scottish (3.5%), Subsaharan African (3.5%), German (2.6%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 02/13/1860

Land area: 0.41 square miles.

Population density: 537 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Columbus

  • High school or higher: 60.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 1.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
  • Unemployed: 9.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Columbus city

  • Never married: 25.8%
  • Now married: 47.3%
  • Separated: 7.7%
  • Widowed: 5.5%
  • Divorced: 13.7%

2 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.9%
Kentucky:  2.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Columbus:  0.8% ($253)
Kentucky:  0.7% ($610)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jackson, TN (80.3 miles , pop. 59,643).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Memphis, TN (128.3 miles , pop. 650,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (364.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Arlington, KY (6.6 miles ), Clinton, KY (9.9 miles ), Bardwell, KY (10.1 miles ), Pinhook, MO (11.4 miles) , Wyatt, MO (13.2 miles ), Wilson City, MO (14.0 miles) , Wickliffe, KY (14.3 miles ), Hickman, KY (14.5 miles ).

Latitude: 36.76 N, Longitude: 89.10 W


Area code: 270

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Population change in the 1990s: -18 (-7.3%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (16%)
  • Transportation equipment (16%)
  • Food (15%)
  • Water transportation (13%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Educational services (7%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (17%)
  • Health care (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (17%)
  • Public administration (17%)
  • Apparel (5%)
  • Paper (5%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (16%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (9%)
  • Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers (9%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (14%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Business operations specialists (5%)
  • Accountants and auditors (5%)


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Columbus-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Kentucky state average. It is 108% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/22/1981, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 18.4 miles away from the Columbus city center killed one person and injured 32 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/6/2003, a category 4 tornado 35.6 miles away from the city center killed 2 people and injured 33 people and caused $16 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Columbus:
  • PARKWAY REGIONAL HOSP (about 15 miles; FULTON, KY)
  • BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION CITY (about 23 miles; UNION CITY, TN)
  • JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER (about 33 miles; MAYFIELD, KY)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Columbus:
  • BARKLEY REGIONAL (about 31 miles; PADUCAH, KY; ID: PAH)
  • CAPE GIRARDEAU REGIONAL (about 45 miles; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; ID: CGI)
  • WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL (about 69 miles; MARION, IL; ID: MWA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Columbus:
  • MISSISSIPPI COUNTY (about 18 miles; CHARLESTON, MO; ID: CHQ)
  • CAIRO RGNL (about 22 miles; CAIRO, IL; ID: CIR)
  • FULTON (about 22 miles; FULTON, KY; ID: 1M7)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Columbus:
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN (about 42 miles; MARTIN, TN; Full-time enrollment: 5,131)
  • SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; FT enrollment: 7,227)
  • MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; MURRAY, KY; FT enrollment: 7,676)
  • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-CARBONDALE (about 66 miles; CARBONDALE, IL; FT enrollment: 19,742)
  • JOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE (about 68 miles; CARTERVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 4,255)
  • UNION UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,144)
  • JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Columbus and their reported violations in the past:

COLUMBUS WATER WORKS (Population served: 396, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-13-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-13-2006)
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-13-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-13-2006)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and APR-11-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-01-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-11-2005)
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between JUL-01-2004 and APR-11-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-01-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-11-2005)
  • PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAY-27-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAY-27-2004), St Public Notif requested (MAY-27-2004)
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
  • 3 minor monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
  • 5 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  64.2%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.2%
Whole state:  4.5%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  9.1%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  3.9%
Whole state:  6.6%

Columbus compared to Kentucky state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$250
Water Supply 0$0 1$400
Other Government Administration 0$0 7$60
Financial Administration 0$0 2$450
Totals for Government 0$0 11$1,160



5.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,607 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.01%
Kentucky average:  6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Carlisle County, KY  1.07% ($29,500 average AGI)
from Fulton County, KY  0.83% ($29,214)
from Graves County, KY  0.66% ($17,091)


7.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,822 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.49%
Kentucky average:  6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Carlisle County, KY  0.87% ($23,067 average AGI)
to Graves County, KY  0.87% ($27,333)
to Obion County, TN  0.87% ($26,933)


Strongest AM radio stations in Columbus:
  • WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
  • WPAD (1560 AM; 10 kW; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WBCE (1200 AM; daytime; 1 kW; WICKLIFFE, KY; Owner: WBCE, INC.)
  • WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KRHW (1520 AM; 5 kW; SIKESTON, MO)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
  • WDDD (810 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTON CITY, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KCHR (1350 AM; 1 kW; CHARLESTON, MO; Owner: SOUTH MISSOURI B/C COMPANY, INC.)
  • WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
  • KZIM (960 AM; 5 kW; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: ZIMMER RADIO OF MID-MISSOURI, INC)
  • KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
  • KOTC (830 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KENNETT, MO; Owner: EAGLE BLUFF ENTERPRISES)

Strongest FM radio stations in Columbus:
  • WBEL (88.5 FM; CAIRO, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • WGKY (95.9 FM; WICKLIFFE, KY; Owner: WICKLIFE RENTAL PROPERTIES, INC.)
  • WQAK (105.7 FM; UNION CITY, TN; Owner: TWIN STATES BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKBG (102.1 FM; CLINTON, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
  • WKYQ (93.3 FM; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WDDJ (96.9 FM; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WGCF (89.3 FM; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: CHRISTIAN BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOC, INC.)
  • WYVY (104.9 FM; UNION CITY, TN; Owner: TWIN STATES BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WWKF (99.3 FM; FULTON, KY; Owner: WENK OF UNION CITY, INC.)
  • KYMO-FM (105.3 FM; EAST PRAIRIE, MO; Owner: USHER BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Columbus:
  • WDKA (Channel 49; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: WDKA ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
  • WPSD-TV (Channel 6; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: WPSD-TV, LLC)
  • KFVS-TV (Channel 12; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • KBSI (Channel 23; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: KBSI LICENSEE L.P.)
  • WUWT-CA (Channel 9; UNION CITY, TN; Owner: JOSEPH H. HARPOLE, SR.)

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