Columbus, Ohio


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Columbus
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Population 2002:725,228
Population 2000:711,470
Elevation:800 feet
Area codes:614
Land area:210.3 square miles
Population growth:+13,758 (+1.93%)
Foreign born:6.7% (3.1% Asia, 1.3% Africa, 1.0% Latin America, 1.0% Europe)
County:Franklin
Industries:Educational,health and social services (19.3%), Retail trade (13.5%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (10.8%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (10.3%).
Races
White Non-Hispanic:66.9%
Black:24.5%
Two or more races:2.6%
Hispanic:2.5%
Other race:1.2%
American Indian:1.0%
Asian Indian:0.9%
Chinese:0.8%
Other Asian:0.7%
Marital Status
Now married:41.8%
Never married:38.3%
Divorced:12.4%
Widowed:5.4%
Separated:2.2%
Median
House value:$101,400
Household income:$37,897
Resident age:30.6 years
Columbus Compared to Ohio State Average
House age:below
Hispanic race population percentage:much below
Length of stay since moving in:much below
Black race population percentage:much above
Foreign-born population percentage:below
Median age:below
Education
High school or higher:83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher:29.0%
Graduate or professional degree:9.2%
Unemployed:4.9%
Crime Statistics
2002 crime index:706.6 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 rapes:673 (94.0 per 100,000)
2002 murders:81 (11.3 per 100,000)
2002 larceny counts:36,063 (5038.6 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:16,066 (2244.7 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:7,633 (1066.5 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:3,503 (489.4 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:2,242 (313.2 per 100,000)
Ancestries
German:19.4%
Irish:11.7%
English:7.9%
United States:7.2%
Italian:5.0%
Subsaharan African:2.2%
 

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Columbus, Ohio ZIP Codes: 43201 43202 43203 43204 43205 43206 43209 43210 43211 43212 43213 43214 43215 43217 43219 43220 43221 43222 43223 43224 43227 43229 43230 43231 43235 43240