People QuickFacts	Columbia	South Carolina
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	130,591	4,673,348
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	129,276	4,625,364
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.0%	1.0%
 	Population, 2010    	129,272	4,625,364
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.4%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	17.0%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.7%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	48.5%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	51.7%	66.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	42.2%	27.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.2%	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.0%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.3%	5.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	49.6%	64.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	64.4%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.8%	4.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.2%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	86.0%	83.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	38.6%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	9,243	399,403
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	16.9	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	52,471	2,137,683
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	47.5%	69.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	43.0%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$161,100	$137,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	46,496	1,758,732
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.19	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,603	$23,854
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,995	$44,587
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	23.3%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Columbia	South Carolina
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	12,783	360,397
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	19.4%	12.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.3%	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.1%	1.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	24.2%	27.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	93,977,455
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,448,968	40,498,047
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,720,157	54,298,410
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$21,595	$12,273
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	495,965	8,383,463

   	Geography QuickFacts	Columbia	South Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	132.21	30,060.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	977.8	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	16000	45
 	Counties    	Lexington County
 Richland 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