Moving to Columbus, Georgia

About Columbus, Georgia
Columbus

Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it officially merged in 1970; the original merger excluded Bibb City, which joined in 2000 after dissolving its own city charter.

Columbus is the second most populous city in Georgia (after Atlanta), and fields the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area. At the 2020 U.S. census, Columbus had a population of 206,922, with 328,883 in the Columbus metropolitan statistical area. The metro area joins the nearby Alabama cities of Auburn and Opelika to form the Columbus–Auburn–Opelika combined statistical area, which had a population of 563,967 in 2020.

Columbus lies 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Atlanta. Fort Benning, the United States Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence and a major employer, is located south of the city in southern Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties. Columbus is home to museums and tourism sites, including the National Infantry Museum, dedicated to the U.S. Army's Infantry Branch. It has the longest urban whitewater rafting course in the world constructed on the Chattahoochee River.

Gender
Gender Columbus Georgia Country
Female 51.3% 51.4% 50.8%
Male 48.7% 48.6% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female51.3%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.011%5%11%12%13%17%11%12%4%4%$50K to $75K17.2%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Columbus Georgia Country
Less than $10,000 10.7% 6.6% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 5.4% 4.2% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 11.1% 9% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.6% 9.3% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 13.2% 12.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 17.2% 17.6% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 11.4% 12.7% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 11.6% 14.9% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 3.8% 6.3% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 3.9% 6.9% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.05%8%26%25%9%16%8%2%1%High School or GED26%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Columbus Georgia Country
< 9th Grade 5% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 8% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 26% 28% 27.0%
Other College 25% 20% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 9% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 16% 20% 20.0%
Master's Degree 8% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Columbus Georgia  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K10.76.65.85.44.24.111.198.511.69.38.613.212.51217.217.617.211.412.712.811.614.915.63.86.37.13.96.98.3
Education
 Columbus Georgia  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade545887262827252020989162020899222111
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.040%46%0%3%8%0%4%0%African American45.6%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Columbus Georgia Country
White 39.8% 52.1% 60.1%
African American 45.6% 31.1% 12.2%
American Indian 0.3% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 2.5% 4.1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.7% 2.5% 2.8%
Hispanic 7.7% 9.6% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Columbus Georgia  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite39.852.160.145.631.112.20.30.20.62.54.15.60.10.10.20.20.40.33.72.52.87.79.618.2