People Facts Columbia Missouri
Population, 2003 estimate 88,534 5,704,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 4.6% 1.9%
Population, 2000 84,531 5,595,211
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 21.1% 9.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.8% 6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 19.7% 25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 8.6% 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000 52.1% 51.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 81.5% 84.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 10.9% 11.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4% 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 4.3% 1.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8% 0.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.1% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 2.1% 2.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 31.7% 53.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 6.4% 2.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.3% 5.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 91.1% 81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 50.5% 21.6%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 15.3 23.8
 
Housing units, 2000 35,916 2,442,017
Homeownership rate, 2000 47.3% 70.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $118,500 $89,900
 
Households, 2000 33,689 2,194,594
Persons per household, 2000 2.26 2.48
Median household income, 1999 $33,729 $37,934
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,507 $19,936
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 19.2% 11.7%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) 596,417 91,411,852
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,270,791 51,269,881
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $16,060 $9,482
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 173,580 6,780,812
Total number of firms, 1997 7,252 411,403
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 6.9% 6.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 23.1% 25.2%
    Geography Facts
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 53 68,886
Persons per square mile, 2000 1,592.8 81.2
Counties Boone County