Columbia is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 47,445 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Columbia is the 19th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities, Columbia isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Columbia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Columbia is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbia who work in office and administrative support (14.79%), sales jobs (10.00%), and food service (6.56%). Also of interest is that Columbia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Even though Columbia is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.The population of Columbia overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Columbia, 23.87% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Columbia in 2022 was $31,104, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,416 for a family of four. However, Columbia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Columbia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Columbia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Columbia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Columbia include English, African, German, Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Columbia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
