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  People QuickFacts Columbia County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 64,15212,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.0%0.0%
  Population, 2000 64,15112,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.5%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 62.6%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.6%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 15.8%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 21.125.2
  Housing units, 2000 27,7335,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 72.4%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 16.1%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $87,300$97,000
  Households, 2000 24,9154,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.422.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $34,094$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $16,973$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Columbia County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 1,526293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 23,3704,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 2.9%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 3,095614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) D172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 533,899109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,323$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 25941,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 278,89579,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,836365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Columbia County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 48644,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 132.1274.0
  Metropolitan Area Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA 
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