| Population |
116278 |
| Male Population |
56999 |
| Male Population Percent |
49% |
| Female Population |
59279 |
| Female Population Percent |
51% |
| Average Age |
28.6 |
| Average Income |
$34,196.00 |
| Average Home Cost |
$139,600.00 |
| Average Rent Cost |
$621.00 |
| Law Enforcement in 2006 |
368 |
| Law Enforcement per 1000 |
2.74 |
| Average Household Size |
2.2 |
| Percentage of Family Households |
52.4% |
| Percentage of Unmarried Households |
5% |
| Races |
| 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%) |
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| Colleges In Columbia |
| Name |
# of Students |
| MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 5,958 | | BENEDICT COLLEGE | 2,880 | | COLUMBIA COLLEGE | 1,272 | | COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | 888 | | ALLEN UNIVERSITY | 169 | | COLUMBIA JUNIOR COLLEGE | 150 | | LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SOUTHERN SEMINARY | 128 | | PALMETTO BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SCHOOL OF MED TECH | | | PAL TRAVEL SCHOOL | | | SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE | |
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| Colleges Near Columbia |
| Name |
# of Students |
| SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | 3,971 | | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT AIKEN | 2,636 | | YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 2,221 | | WINTHROP UNIVERSITY | 4,976 | | PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 2,406 | | AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY | 3,778 | | LANDER UNIVERSITY | 2,429 |
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| Public High Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| RIDGE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL | 2,339 | | SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL | 1,910 | | IRMO HIGH SCHOOL | 1,829 | | RICHLAND NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL | 1,673 | | A C FLORA HIGH | 1,384 | | DREHER HIGH SCHOOL | 1,301 | | EAU CLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL | 993 | | W J KEENAN HIGH SCHOOL | 912 | | COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL | 879 | | C A JOHNSON HIGH | 524 |
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| Private High Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| BEN LIPPEN SCHOOLS | 815 | | HEATHWOOD HALL EPISCOPAL SCH | 765 | | HAMMOND SCHOOL | 725 | | CARDINAL NEWMAN SCHOOL | 432 | | CENTRAL CAROLINA CHRISTIAN ACD | 82 | | PALMETTO BAPTIST ACADEMY | 49 |
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| Public Elementary Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| SUMMIT PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,501 | | EDWARD L WRIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,431 | | DENT MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,123 | | CRAYTON MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,108 | | CROSS ROADS MIDDLE | 1,040 | | IRMO MIDDLE | 1,036 | | HAND MIDDLE SCHOOL | 969 | | WINDSOR ELEMENTARY | 890 | | ST ANDREWS MIDDLE SCHOOL | 870 | | RICE CREEK ELEMENTARY | 817 |
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| Private Elementary Schools |
| Name |
# of Students |
| ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL | 348 | | EASTMINSTER DAY SCHOOL | 198 | | ST PETERS CATHOLIC SCHOOL | 194 | | SHANDON UNITED METHODIST PRESC | 178 | | SHANDON PRESBYTERIAN CDC | 170 | | BEN LIPPEN ELEMENTARY | 167 | | ST MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL | 149 | | V V REID ELEMENTARY NURSERY | 117 | | RIVERLAND HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH | 107 |
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| Libraries |
| Name |
Books |
Audio |
Video |
Serial |
| RICHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1,134,803 | 45,554 | 30,630 | 2,840 |
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| Hospitals |
| G WERBER BRYAN PSYCH HOSP | | HEALTHSOUTH REHAB HOSP OF COLUMBIA | | INTERMEDICAL HOSPITAL OF SC | | PALMETTO HEALTH BAPTIST | | PALMETTO HEALTH RICHLAND | | PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL | | WILLIAM S HALL PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE |
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