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Population (year 2000): 185,781
Males: 90,375 (48.6%), Females: 95,406 (51.4%)
Muscogee County
Zip codes:
31901,
31903,
31904,
31906,
31907,
31909.
Median resident age: 32.6 years
Median household income: $34,853 (year 2000)
Median house value: $84,100 (year 2000)
Races in Columbus:
- White Non-Hispanic (48.6%)
- Black (43.9%)
- Hispanic (4.5%)
- Other race (1.9%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Korean (0.5%)
Ancestries: United States (9.8%), German (6.7%),
Irish (6.6%), English (6.2%), Italian (1.6%), Scotch-Irish
(1.5%).
Elevation: 300 feet
Land area: 216.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Columbus
- High school or higher: 79.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.0%
- Unemployed: 7.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Columbus city (balance)
- Never married: 29.0%
- Now married: 47.6%
- Separated: 3.7%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 11.9%
4.6% Foreign born (1.8% Latin America, 1.4%
Europe, 1.2% Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers in Columbus:
- BRADLEY CENTER OF ST FRANCIS,THE (2000 16TH
AVE PO BOX 7000)
- COLUMBUS DOCTORS HOSPITAL, INC (616 W 19 ST)
- HUGHSTON SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL (100 FIRST
COURT PO BOX 7188)
- MEDICAL CENTER,THE (710 CENTER ST BOX 951)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (2122 MANCHESTER
EXPRESSWAY BOX 7000)
- WEST CENTRAL GA REG HOSP (3000 SCHATULGA RD
BOX 12435)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Columbus:
- COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN (about 1 miles; COLUMBUS, GA;
ID: CSG)
- LAWSON AAF (FORT BENNING) (about 12 miles; FORT
BENNING(COLUMBUS), GA; ID: LSF)
- SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL (about 85 miles; ALBANY,
GA; ID: ABY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Columbus:
- CALLAWAY GARDENS-HARRIS COUNTY (about 25 miles; PINE
MOUNTAIN, GA; ID: PIM)
- LANNET MUNI (about 29 miles; LANETT, AL; ID: 7A3)
- MARION COUNTY (about 35 miles; BUENA VISTA, GA; ID:
82A)
Amtrak station:
COLUMBUS (818 VETERANS PKY.) - Bus Station. Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines.
Colleges/Universities in Columbus:
- COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY (Full-time
enrollment: 3,886; Location: 4225 UNIVERSITY AVE;
Public; Website: www.colstate.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
- COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE (FT enrollment:
1,110; Location: 928 MANCHESTER EXPY; Public; Website:
www.columbustech.org)
- RIVERTOWN SCHOOL OF BEAUTY (FT enrollment:
82; Location: 3750 WOODRUFF RD; Private, for-profit;
Website: rtownscbeauty@mindspring.com)
- SOUTHEASTERN BEAUTY SCHOOL (FT enrollment:
54; Location: 3448 N LUMPKIN RD; Private, for-profit)
- SOUTHEASTERN BEAUTY SCHOOL (FT enrollment:
29; Location: 1826 MIDTOWN DR; Private, for-profit)
- BEACON COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 13; Location:
6003 Veterans Parkway; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
www.beacon.edu)
- CALVARY CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES INC
(Location: 1638 13TH AVE; Private, not-for-profit)
- MEDICAL CENTER INC-SCHOOL OF RADIOLOGIC
TECHNOLOGY (Location: 710 CENTER ST HOSPITAL DRAWER
85; Private, not-for-profit)
- MEADOWS JUNIOR COLLEGE (Location: 1170 BROWN
AVE; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Columbus:
- AUBURN UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 39 miles;
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 19,703)
- TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; TUSKEGEE, AL;
FT enrollment: 2,732)
- SOUTHERN UNION STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63
miles; WADLEY, AL; FT enrollment: 2,925)
- GORDON COLLEGE (about 68 miles; BARNESVILLE, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,263)
- FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; FT
VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,233)
- STATE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA (about 76 miles;
CARROLLTON, GA; FT enrollment: 7,241)
- TROY STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 85 miles;
TROY, AL; FT enrollment: 9,143)
Public high schools in Columbus:
- CARVER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,515;
Location: 3100 EIGHTH STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HARDAWAY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,357;
Location: 2901 COLLEGE DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,264;
Location: 1700 CHEROKEE AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SHAW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,173; Location:
7601 SCHOMBURG ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SPENCER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,076;
Location: 4340 VICTORY DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,049;
Location: 2002 AMERICAN WAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- KENDRICK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,022;
Location: 6015 GEORGETOWN DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- JORDAN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 936;
Location: 3200 HOWARD AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Columbus:
- BROOKSTONE SCHOOL (Students: 888; Location:
440 BRADLEY PARK DRIVE; Grades: PK - 12)
- CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 666;
Location: 7556 OLD MOON RD; Grades: PK - 12)
- PACELLI HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 236; Location:
3556 TRINITY DRIVE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- HALLIE TURNER PRIVATE SCH (Students: 114;
Location: PO BOX 12008; Grades: 9 - 12)
- EDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Students: 114;
Location: 1909 MORRIS RD; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Columbus:
- BLACKMON ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 873;
Location: 7251 BLACKMON ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DOUBLE CHURCHES MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 854;
Location: 7611 WHITESVILLE ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DOUBLE CHURCHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
825; Location: 1213 DOUBLE CHURCHES ROAD; Grades: PK -
05)
- EAST COLUMBUS MAGNET ACADEMY (Students: 768;
Location: 6100 GEORGETOWN DRIVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- EDDY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 733; Location:
2100 SOUTH LUMPKIN ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RICHARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 721;
Location: 2892 EDGEWOOD ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ARNOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 706;
Location: 2011 51ST STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BLANCHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 679;
Location: 3512 WEEMS ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- ROTHSCHILD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 656;
Location: 1136 HUNT AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WADDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 646;
Location: 6101 MILLER ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Columbus:
- ST ANNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 384;
Location: 3550 TRINITY DRIVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 311;
Location: 2303 DOUBLE CHURCHES RD; Grades: PK - 6)
- SAINT LUKE CHILD DEVELOPMENT C (Students:
242; Location: PO BOX 867; Grades: PK - 2)
- PINEHURST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 220;
Location: 4217 SAINT MARY'S ROAD; Grades: PK - 2)
- OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC S (Students:
180; Location: 1973 TORCH HILL ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
- BRIARCREST (Students: 151; Location: 7300
LIVINGSTON DR; Grades: PK - KG)
- REDEEMER LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 52;
Location: 4700 ARMOUR ROAD; Grades: PK - 7)
- THE ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY INC (Students: 46;
Location: 5700 RIVER ROAD; Grades: UG - UG)
- COLUMBUS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST (Students: 20;
Location: 3700 MACON RD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 18;
Location: 3641 NORRIS ROAD; Grades: KG - 11)
Library in Columbus:
- CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM
(Operating income: $4,937,083; Location: 1120 BRADLEY
DRIVE; 264,476 books; 6,127 audio materials; 11,516
video materials; 1,355 serial subscriptions)
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