Columbus, Ohio demographics

Columbus, OH demographics: median age 33.2; 38.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Columbus city, Ohio · Incorporated city · GEOID 3918000. The survey estimates a population of 914,802 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Columbus is 33.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.1 years. There are 390,528 households (±2,326). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	33.2 ±0.1	39.7 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 914,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Under 18	201,218 ±3,275	22.0% ±0.4 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	287,528 ±3,007	31.4% ±0.3 pp	22.1%	22.8%
35–64	322,524 ±3,815	35.3% ±0.4 pp	37.7%	38.0%
65 and older	103,532 ±2,493	11.3% ±0.3 pp	18.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 914,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Male	450,086 ±1,591	49.2% ±0.2 pp	49.3%	49.5%
Female	464,716 ±1,632	50.8% ±0.2 pp	50.7%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 914,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
White alone	472,520 ±4,166	51.7% ±0.5 pp	76.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	268,434 ±3,808	29.3% ±0.4 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,712 ±633	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	54,514 ±2,126	6.0% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	363 ±142	0.0% ±0.0 pp	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	32,982 ±2,768	3.6% ±0.3 pp	1.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	83,277 ±3,866	9.1% ±0.4 pp	6.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 914,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	839,217 ±2,363	91.7% ±0.3 pp	95.2%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	75,585 ±2,328	8.3% ±0.3 pp	4.8%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 390,528
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Married-couple family	122,146 ±2,508	31.3% ±0.6 pp	44.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	21,729 ±1,445	5.6% ±0.4 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	58,360 ±1,745	14.9% ±0.4 pp	12.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	142,850 ±3,016	36.6% ±0.7 pp	32.0%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	45,443 ±1,437	11.6% ±0.4 pp	6.8%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 390,528
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Households with people under 18	104,630 ±1,810	26.8% ±0.4 pp	28.0%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	285,898 ±2,880	73.2% ±0.6 pp	72.0%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 390,528
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	142,850 ±3,016	36.6% ±0.7 pp	32.0%	28.7%
Two-person households	127,184 ±2,722	32.6% ±0.7 pp	34.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	51,621 ±2,003	13.2% ±0.5 pp	14.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	37,201 ±1,665	9.5% ±0.4 pp	11.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	18,319 ±1,005	4.7% ±0.3 pp	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	8,264 ±778	2.1% ±0.2 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	5,089 ±625	1.3% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 914,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Native	777,639 ±4,441	85.0% ±0.5 pp	94.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	137,163 ±4,390	15.0% ±0.5 pp	5.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 854,967
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
English only	691,721 ±4,566	80.9% ±0.5 pp	92.0%	77.7%
Spanish	51,516 ±2,304	6.0% ±0.3 pp	2.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	9,701 ±1,447	1.1% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	1,388 ±345	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.9%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	3,607 ±624	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	23,702 ±1,933	2.8% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	1,719 ±389	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	7,266 ±760	0.8% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,964 ±587	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,494 ±408	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	9,259 ±1,350	1.1% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	1.1%
Arabic	9,986 ±1,432	1.2% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	41,644 ±3,087	4.9% ±0.4 pp	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 609,915
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	62,578 ±2,636	10.3% ±0.4 pp	8.2%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	154,012 ±3,447	25.3% ±0.6 pp	32.1%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	116,411 ±2,938	19.1% ±0.5 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	43,982 ±1,958	7.2% ±0.3 pp	9.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	147,071 ±3,717	24.1% ±0.6 pp	19.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	85,861 ±2,494	14.1% ±0.4 pp	12.2%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 902,414
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Ohio	U.S.
Same house	724,266 ±5,501	80.3% ±0.6 pp	88.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	112,507 ±4,250	12.5% ±0.5 pp	6.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	29,963 ±2,213	3.3% ±0.2 pp	3.2%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	26,096 ±2,520	2.9% ±0.3 pp	1.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	9,582 ±1,360	1.1% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

10.3% of Columbus residents (±0.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.4% in Ohio and 8.4% nationally. 93.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Columbus	Ohio	U.S.	Compared with Ohio
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.3% ±0.4 pp	6.4%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.6% ±0.3 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.8% ±0.3 pp	6.6%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Columbus . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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