Columbia: Population Profile

Metropolitan Area Residents

1980: 410,000

1990: 453,932

2000: 536,691

Percent change, 1990–2000: 18.4%

U.S. rank in 1980: 82nd

U.S. rank in 1990: 79th

U.S. rank in 2000: 79th

City Residents

1980: 101,229

1990: 110,734

2000: 116,278

2003 estimate: 117,357

Percent change, 1990–2000: 1.6%

U.S. rank in 1990: 203rd

U.S. rank in 2000: 198th (State rank: 1st)

Density: 928.6 people per square mile (2000)

Racial and ethnic characteristics (2000)

White: 57,236 Black or African American: 53,465 American Indian and Alaska Native: 296 Asian: 2,008 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 104 Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race): 3,520 Other: 1,582

Percent of residents born in state: 59.2% (2000)

Age characteristics (2000)

Poplation under 5 years old: 6,478

Poplation 5 to 9 years old: 6,495

Poplation 10 to 14 years old: 6,195

Poplation 15 to 19 years old: 13,248

Poplation 20 to 24 years old: 17,556

Poplation 25 to 34 years old: 19,541

Poplation 35 to 44 years old: 15,466

Poplation 45 to 54 years old: 12,381

Poplation 55 to 59 years old: 3,948

Poplation 60 to 64 years old: 2,988

Poplation 65 to 74 years old: 5,846

Poplation 75 to 84 years old: 4,595

Poplation 85 years and older: 1,541

Median age: 28.6 years (2000)

Births (Richland County, 2002)

Total number: 4,375

Deaths (Richland County, 2002)

Total number: 2,582 (of which, 29 were infants under the age of 1 year)

Money income (1999)

Per capita income: $18,853

Median household income: $31,141

Total households: 41,960

Number of households with income of . . .

less than $10,000: 7,012

$10,000 to $14,999: 3,535

$15,000 to $24,999: 6,666

$25,000 to $34,999: 5,976

$35,000 to $49,999: 6,409

$50,000 to $74,999: 5,721

$75,000 to $99,999: 2,647

$100,000 to $149,999: 2,128

$150,000 to $199,999: 760

$200,000 or more: 1,116

Percent of families below poverty level: 17.0% (38.1% of which were female householder families in poverty)

2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 10,307