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Population (year 2000): 116,278. Estimated
population in July 2005: 117,088 (+0.7% change)
Males: 56,999 (49.0%), Females: 59,279 (51.0%)
Richland County
Zip codes:
29201,
29202,
29203,
29204,
29205,
29206,
29207,
29209,
29210,
29212,
29223,
29229.
Median resident age: 28.6 years
Median household income: $31,141 (year 2000)
Median house value: $98,500 (year 2000)
Races in Columbia:
- White Non-Hispanic (48.2%)
- Black (46.0%)
- Hispanic (3.0%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Other race (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (8.3%), English (7.7%), Irish
(6.2%), United States (5.2%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%), Scottish
(2.2%).
Elevation: 314 feet
Land area: 125.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Columbia
- High school or higher: 82.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.3%
- Unemployed: 10.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Columbia city
- Never married: 41.6%
- Now married: 40.5%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 8.2%
4.1% Foreign born (1.5% Asia, 1.3% Latin
America, 0.9% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,503 (+1.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Columbia:
- G WERBER BRYAN PSYCH HOSP (220 FAISON DR)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHAB HOSP OF COLUMBIA (2935
COLONIAL DR)
- INTERMEDICAL HOSPITAL OF SC (TAYLOR AT MARION
STREET)
- PALMETTO HEALTH BAPTIST (TAYLOR AT MARION)
- PALMETTO HEALTH RICHLAND (5 RICHLAND MEDICAL
PARK)
- PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL (2435 FOREST DR)
- WILLIAM S HALL PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE (1800
COLONIAL DRIVE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Columbia:
- COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN (about 10 miles; COLUMBIA, SC;
ID: CAE)
- MC ENTIRE ANGS (about 18 miles; EASTOVER, SC; ID:
MMT)
- SHAW AFB (about 38 miles; SUMTER, SC; ID: SSC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Columbia:
- COLUMBIA OWENS DOWNTOWN (about 4 miles; COLUMBIA,
SC; ID: CUB)
- LEXINGTON COUNTY (about 17 miles; GASTON, SC; ID:
7J1)
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY (about 21 miles; WINNSBORO, SC; ID:
FDW)
Amtrak station:
COLUMBIA (850 PULASKI ST.). Services: ticket office, fully
wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand.
Colleges/Universities in Columbia:
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA
(Full-time enrollment: 19,682; Public; Website:
www.sc.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE (FT enrollment:
5,958; Location: PO BOX 2408; Public; Website:
www.midlandstech.com)
- BENEDICT COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 2,880;
Location: 1600 HARDEN ST; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.benedict.edu)
- COLUMBIA COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,272;
Location: 1301 COLUMBIA COLLEGE DR; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.columbiacollegesc.edu;
Offers Master's degree)
- COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FT
enrollment: 888; Location: 7435 MONTICELLO RD; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.ciu.edu; Offers Doctor's
degree)
- ALLEN UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment: 169;
Location: 1530 HARDEN ST; Private, not-for-profit)
- COLUMBIA JUNIOR COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 150;
Location: 3810 MAIN ST; Private, for-profit)
- LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SOUTHERN SEMINARY (FT
enrollment: 128; Location: 4201 N MAIN ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Offers Master's degree)
- KENNETH SHULER SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY & NAIL
DESIGN (FT enrollment: 99; Location: 449 ST ANDREWS
RD; Private, for-profit; Website: ksschool1@aol.com)
- PALMETTO BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SCHOOL OF MED
TECH (Location: TAYLOR AT MARION ST; Private,
not-for-profit)
- PAL TRAVEL SCHOOL (Location: 2301 BELTLINE
BLVD; Private, for-profit)
- SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE
(Location: 10 DIAMOND LN; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Columbia:
- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles;
ORANGEBURG, SC; Full-time enrollment: 3,971)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT AIKEN (about 58
miles; AIKEN, SC; FT enrollment: 2,636)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 62 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; AUGUSTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 3,778)
- PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 80 miles;
GREENWOOD, SC; FT enrollment: 2,406)
- LANDER UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles; Greenwood, SC; FT
enrollment: 2,429)
Biggest public high schools in Columbia:
- RIDGE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,339;
Location: 4801 HARD SCRABBLE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,910;
Location: 120 SPARKLEBERRY LN; Grades: 09 - 12)
- IRMO HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,829; Location:
6671 ST ANDREWS RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- RICHLAND NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,673; Location: 7500 BROOKFIELD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- A C FLORA HIGH (Students: 1,384; Location: 1
FALCON DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- DREHER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,301;
Location: 701 ADGER ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- EAU CLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 993;
Location: 4800 MONTICELLO ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- W J KEENAN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 912;
Location: 3455 PINE BELT ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 879;
Location: 1701 WESTCHESTER DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- C A JOHNSON HIGH (Students: 524; Location:
2219 BARHAMVILLE RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Columbia:
- BEN LIPPEN SCHOOLS (Students: 815; Location:
PO BOX 3999; Grades: PK - 12)
- HEATHWOOD HALL EPISCOPAL SCH (Students: 765;
Location: 3000 SOUTH BELTLINE BLVD; Grades: PK - 12)
- HAMMOND SCHOOL (Students: 725; Location: 854
GALWAY LANE; Grades: PK - 12)
- CARDINAL NEWMAN SCHOOL (Students: 432;
Location: 4701 FOREST DRIVE; Grades: 7 - 12)
- CENTRAL CAROLINA CHRISTIAN ACD (Students: 82;
Location: 2739 COVENANT RD; Grades: PK - 12)
- PALMETTO BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 49;
Location: 1510 S BELTLINE BLVD; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Columbia:
- SUMMIT PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students:
1,501; Location: 200 SUMMIT PARKWAY; Grades: KG - 08)
- EDWARD L WRIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students:
1,431; Location: 2740 ALPINE RD; Grades: KG - 08)
- DENT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,123;
Location: 2719 DECKER BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CRAYTON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,108;
Location: 5000 CLEMSON AVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CROSS ROADS MIDDLE (Students: 1,040;
Location: 6949 ST ANDREWS RD; Grades: 06 - 06)
- IRMO MIDDLE (Students: 1,036; Location: 6051
WESCOTT RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HAND MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 969; Location:
2600 WHEAT ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WINDSOR ELEMENTARY (Students: 890; Location:
9800 DUNBARTON DRIVE; Grades: PK - 05)
- ST ANDREWS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 870;
Location: 1231 BLUEFIELD RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RICE CREEK ELEMENTARY (Students: 817;
Location: 4751 HARDSCRABBLE ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Columbia:
- ST. JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCH
(Students: 349; Location: 721 POLO ROAD; Grades: PK - 6)
- ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 348;
Location: 3700 DEVINE ST; Grades: PK - 6)
- EASTMINSTER DAY SCHOOL (Students: 198;
Location: 3200 TRENHOLM RD; Grades: PK - KG)
- ST PETERS CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 194;
Location: 1035 HAMPTON ST; Grades: PK - 6)
- SHANDON UNITED METHODIST PRESC (Students:
178; Location: 3407 DEVINE ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- SHANDON PRESBYTERIAN CDC (Students: 170;
Location: 4215 MIMOSA RD; Grades: PK - KG)
- BEN LIPPEN ELEMENTARY (Students: 167;
Location: 6952 ST ANDREWS RD; Grades: PK - 5)
- ST MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL (Students: 149;
Location: 2229 HAMPTON ST; Grades: PK - 6)
- V V REID ELEMENTARY NURSERY (Students: 117;
Location: 612 GABRIEL STREET; Grades: 1 - 5)
- RIVERLAND HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH (Students:
107; Location: 500 ST ANDREWS RD; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Columbia:
- RICHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $12,813,651; Location: 1431 ASSEMBLY STREET;
1,134,803 books; 45,554 audio materials; 30,630 video
materials; 2,840 serial subscriptions)
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