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Population (year 2000): 819. Estimated
population in July 2005: 784 (-4.3% change)
Males: 377 (46.0%), Females: 442 (54.0%)
Tyrrell County
Zip code:
27925
Median resident age: 39.1 years
Median household income: $20,588 (year 2000)
Median house value: $53,200 (year 2000)
Races in Columbia:
- Black (52.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (38.1%)
- Hispanic (7.3%)
- Other race (5.1%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- Vietnamese (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (12.1%), English
(9.8%), Irish (5.1%), German (3.1%), Scottish (1.5%).
Elevation: 5 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Columbia
- High school or higher: 56.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 8.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Columbia town
- Never married: 35.0%
- Now married: 40.9%
- Separated: 6.0%
- Widowed: 12.6%
- Divorced: 5.5%
6.6% Foreign born (6.0% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -88 (-9.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Columbia:
- ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; ELIZABETH CITY,
NC)
- CHOWAN HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; EDENTON, NC)
- WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 34 miles;
PLYMOUTH, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Columbia:
- OCEANA NAS /APOLLO SOUCEK FIELD/ (about 64 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; ID: NTU)
- NORFOLK INTL (about 67 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: ORF)
- NORFOLK NS (about 70 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: NGU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Columbia:
- NORTHEASTERN RGNL (about 23 miles; EDENTON, NC; ID:
EDE)
- ELIZABETH CITY CG AIR STATION/RGNL (about 24 miles;
ELIZABETH CITY, NC; ID: ECG)
- HYDE COUNTY (about 33 miles; ENGELHARD, NC; ID: 7W6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Columbia:
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 64 miles; VIRGINIA
BEACH, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,083)
- TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles;
NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 11,042)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 5,820)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT
enrollment: 5,249)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles;
Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
- EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles;
GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
Public high school in Columbia:
- COLUMBIA HIGH (Students: 227; Location: 902
MAIN ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Columbia:
- TYRRELL ELEMENTARY (Students: 282; Location:
486 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- COLUMBIA MIDDLE (Students: 155; Location: 920
MAIN STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
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