People QuickFacts	Columbia CDP	Maryland
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	X	5,839,572
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	X	5,773,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	X	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	99,615	5,773,552
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.4%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.0%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.8%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.9%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	55.5%	58.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	25.3%	29.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	11.4%	5.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.4%	2.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	7.9%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	51.7%	54.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.0%	86.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	18.1%	13.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	22.0%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	94.3%	88.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	60.4%	36.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	7,380	443,652
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	30.6	31.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	41,239	2,378,814
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	68.3%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	34.3%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$380,200	$319,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	39,795	2,128,377
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.49	2.63
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$45,208	$35,751
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$95,696	$72,419
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	6.0%	9.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Columbia CDP	Maryland
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	10,218	528,112
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.9%	19.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.3%	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.8%	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	31.8%	32.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	305,107	41,456,097
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,508,536	51,276,797
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,296,098	75,664,186
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	NA	$13,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	223,823	10,758,428

   	Geography QuickFacts	Columbia CDP	Maryland
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	31.93	9,707.24
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,120.1	594.8
 	FIPS Code    	19125	24
 	Counties    	Howard County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts