2024 population: 2,608,657 ( 85,368 from 2020)
Land area: 9114.1 square miles
Population density: 286.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,855,438	71.13%	0.8%
Black:	393,934	15.10%	10.5%
Indian:	5,239	0.20%	1.5%
Asian:	135,003	5.18%	22.7%
2+ races:	72,699	2.79%	13.3%
Hispanic:	146,344	5.61%	24.3%

Total non-White:	753,219	28.87%	15.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	127,847	12.7
Deaths:	105,070	10.4
Net Migration:	-139	-0.0
Net Immigration:	62,584	6.2

Change in White population:	-14,138	-0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	99,506	3.9

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
2,523,289
1,869,576	74.09%
356,578	14.13%
5,162	0.20%
110,058	4.36%
64,188	2.54%
117,727	4.67%
653,713	25.91%

2010
2,292,996
1,824,129	79.55%
281,874	12.29%
4,554	0.20%
59,542	2.60%
47,199	2.06%
71,884	3.13%
468,867	20.45%

2000
2,055,666
1,729,496	84.13%
216,923	10.55%
4,862	0.24%
38,632	1.88%
30,799	1.50%
31,799	1.55%
326,170	15.87%

1990
1,823,652
1,610,216	88.30%
173,928	9.54%
3,965	0.22%
23,480	1.29%
n/a
12,063	0.66%
213,436	11.70%

1980
1,688,259
1,519,085	89.98%
144,635	8.57%
2,192	0.13%
9,450	0.56%
n/a
11,206	0.66%
169,174	10.02%

1970
1,557,879
1,428,291	91.68%
117,624	7.55%
932	0.06%
2,578	0.17%
n/a
7,142	0.46%
129,588	8.32%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
292,714	12.8
182,435	8.0
44,395	1.9
59,693	2.6

45,447	2.0
184,846	8.1

Number	Rate
2000's
290,742	14.1
161,194	7.8
29,928	1.5
42,054	2.0

94,633	4.6
142,697	6.9

Number	Rate
1990's
284,595	15.6
159,453	8.7
60,906	3.3
15,379	0.8

119,280	6.5
112,734	6.2

Number	Rate
1980's
268,180	15.9
143,405	8.5
21,324	1.3
n/a

91,131	5.4
44,262	2.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-15,719	-1.0
n/a

90,794	5.8
39,586	2.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Columbus, OH Market 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
37.4
592,002	22.7%
2,016,655	77.3%
384,355	14.7%

1,015,375
2.45

634,919	62.5%
461,734	72.7%
67,974	10.7%
380,456	37.5%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
562,613	24.5%
1,730,383	75.5%
261,936	11.4%

897,735
2.48

579,002	64.5%
422,120	72.9%
67,543	11.7%
318,733	35.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
523,851	25.5%
1,531,815	74.5%
221,707	10.8%

804,426
2.48

533,531	66.3%
412,479	77.3%
57,375	10.8%
270,895	33.7%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
465,956	25.6%
1,357,696	74.4%
197,528	10.8%

687,859
2.56

479,942	69.8%
385,582	80.3%
44,680	9.3%
207,917	30.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
481,444	28.5%
1,206,815	71.5%
163,361	9.7%

603,971
2.71

440,707	73.0%
369,294	83.8%
36,781	8.3%
163,264	27.0%

2024 Housing Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	45,710	4.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	34,003	3.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	30,200	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	30,377	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	31,496	3.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	35,513	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	36,381	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	40,385	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	36,554	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	72,028	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	96,301	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	129,942	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	106,355	10.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	76,854	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	95,550	9.4%
$200,000 or more	117,726	11.6%

Median Household Income	80,251
Per Capita Income	42,827

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	52,142	5.1%
Public Assistance	18,560	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	119,130	11.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,150,340	73.4%
Unemployed	50,436	3.2%
In Armed Forces	1,925	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,202,701	76.7%
Not in Labor Force	365,506	23.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	485,082	384,597	55.8%
Non-Profit	40,796	81,254	33.4%
Self-Employed	63,858	39,449	61.8%

Local Government	38,240	55,857	40.6%
State Government	29,913	39,759	42.9%
Federal Government	11,622	10,178	53.3%

Total Private + Self	548,940	424,046	56.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	120,571	187,048	39.2%
Total	669,511	611,094	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	14.5%
Pct. Private + Self	76.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	240,637	18.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	244,950	19.1%
Professional, Technical	328,638	25.6%
Service Occupations	193,417	15.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,632	0.2%
All others	274,672	21.4%

White Collar		63.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	194,214	15.1%
Retail trade	142,266	11.1%
Manufacturing	130,705	10.2%
Educational services	117,216	9.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	95,754	7.5%
Finance and insurance	89,472	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	81,643	6.4%
Transportation and warehousing	76,837	6.0%
Construction	75,865	5.9%
Public administration	61,142	4.8%
Other services	52,207	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	50,432	3.9%
Wholesale trade	27,376	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	23,028	1.8%
Information	20,513	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	20,256	1.6%
Utilities	12,243	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	8,304	0.6%
Management	1,682	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,159	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	58,621	2.29%
Puerto Rican	20,725	0.81%
Cuban	2,326	0.09%
Dominican	6,259	0.24%

Total Central American	16,872	0.66%
Costa Rican	891	0.03%
Guatemalan	2,555	0.10%
Honduran	4,151	0.16%
Nicaraguan	535	0.02%
Panamanian	912	0.04%
Salvadoran	7,699	0.30%
Other Central American	129	0.01%

Total South American	13,616	0.53%
Argentinean	1,176	0.05%
Bolivian	511	0.02%
Chilean	559	0.02%
Colombian	2,772	0.11%
Ecuadorian	1,244	0.05%
Paraguayan	32	0.00%
Peruvian	1,705	0.07%
Uruguayan	77	0.00%
Venezuelan	5,518	0.22%
Other South American	22	0.00%

Other Hispanic	11,560	0.45%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	40,725	1.59%
Chinese	18,720	0.73%
Vietnamese	6,000	0.23%
Korean	5,345	0.21%
Japanese	5,192	0.20%
Filipino	5,059	0.20%
Bhutanese	2,802	0.11%
Cambodian	2,449	0.10%
Laotian	2,213	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,123,151	88.4%
Spanish	80,828	3.4%
Other	52,519	2.2%
Other Indo-European	46,119	1.9%
Other Asian	22,586	0.9%
Arabic	15,100	0.6%
Chinese	14,922	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	14,539	0.6%
German, other Germanic	14,327	0.6%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	515,997	20.2%
Irish	307,852	12.0%
English	301,569	11.8%
American	147,489	5.8%
Italian	119,270	4.7%
Scottish	53,671	2.1%
Polish	50,531	2.0%
European	40,380	1.6%
French	35,339	1.4%
Somalian	27,700	1.1%
Welsh	26,523	1.0%
Dutch	23,674	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	22,931	0.9%
African	16,632	0.6%
Hungarian	16,401	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,449,533	95.7%
Not a citizen	109,410	4.3%

Native	2,337,029	91.3%
Foreign-born	221,914	8.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
50,722	2.9%	93,429	5.4%	505,761	29.1%	454,570	26.2%	393,232	22.6%	240,278	13.8%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	50,722	2.9%
9-12 Years	93,429	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	505,761	29.1%
Some College	454,570	26.2%
Bach. Degree	393,232	22.6%
Grad Degree	240,278	13.8%
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	954,135	908,477	45,658	4.8%
1991	956,240	906,025	50,215	5.3%
1992	976,952	918,084	58,868	6.0%
1993	987,246	930,695	56,551	5.7%
1994	1,004,257	957,420	46,837	4.7%
1995	1,018,625	977,930	40,695	4.0%
1996	1,031,478	988,366	43,112	4.2%
1997	1,047,316	1,007,640	39,676	3.8%
1998	1,054,042	1,015,232	38,810	3.7%
1999	1,070,336	1,032,498	37,838	3.5%

2000	1,090,999	1,049,992	41,007	3.8%
2001	1,109,302	1,066,107	43,195	3.9%
2002	1,114,913	1,054,400	60,513	5.4%
2003	1,123,200	1,057,220	65,980	5.9%
2004	1,127,887	1,059,511	68,376	6.1%
2005	1,140,059	1,074,449	65,610	5.8%
2006	1,164,255	1,105,974	58,281	5.0%
2007	1,187,596	1,127,004	60,592	5.1%
2008	1,191,542	1,119,399	72,143	6.1%
2009	1,177,347	1,068,233	109,114	9.3%

2010	1,188,705	1,076,093	112,612	9.5%
2011	1,179,802	1,082,679	97,123	8.2%
2012	1,180,423	1,100,513	79,910	6.8%
2013	1,190,237	1,109,656	80,581	6.8%
2014	1,205,576	1,143,600	61,976	5.1%
2015	1,216,105	1,162,658	53,447	4.4%
2016	1,234,123	1,179,752	54,371	4.4%
2017	1,254,544	1,201,082	53,462	4.3%
2018	1,261,792	1,211,413	50,379	4.0%
2019	1,281,140	1,233,318	47,822	3.7%

2020	1,281,895	1,190,296	91,599	7.1%
2021	1,285,475	1,224,926	60,549	4.7%
2022	1,292,447	1,247,126	45,321	3.5%
2023	1,298,988	1,257,470	41,518	3.2%
2024	1,328,362	1,274,520	53,842	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,093,183
Median Value	$279,219

Occupied	1,015,375	92.9%
Vacant	77,808	7.1%

Owned	637,751	62.8%
Rented	377,624	37.2%
Median Rent	$1,196

Single-Family Units	765,855	70.1%
Detached	691,993	63.3%
Attached	73,862	6.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	195,820	17.9%
Mobile Homes	36,467	3.3%

Columbus, OH Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2024 Housing Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Columbus, OH Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Columbus, OH Market Area