Population

Columbus's current population is 70,600 people with 34,900 households within this smaller 2 mile radius. This area experienced positive population growth of 22.9% from 2010-2020. This area is projected to grow another 10.0% over the next five years. This is higher than the national average.

The median age of the population in this area is 33.6 which is below the state average of 40.5 years old. This area has an average household size of 1.92 persons. This area is not very family centric with 32.5% of the households being family households and with 18.3% having children in the home and 15.7% of the population being under 15 and an additional 13.3% being under 24. Another 37.6% of this area’s population is between 25 and 44 years of age and 21.6% between 45-64 years old leaving 11.9% of the population over 65 years old. These last two age groups are target age groups for dentures, partials, crowns, and other restorative work. Columbus has a daytime employee population of 106,154 versus a permanent population of 70,600 meaning the daytime employee population is 150.4% of the permanent population living in the area and 78.0% of the total daytime population. Columbus has a significant employee population that strongly influences the area. This could allow a practice to keep more daytime weekday hours as opposed to early morning hours, evening hours, or Saturday hours.

In this area, 52.5% of the population either holds a bachelor's degree or higher educational degree. Columbus is higher than the state and US average.

The dominant racial and ethnic groups of the population in the Columbus area are White 53.3%, Black 38.0%, Asian 2.7%, 1.4% other races and 4.1% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Table #2 Significant Demographic Characteristics

		Columbus, Ohio	Ohio	United States
Demographic Characteristic		Columbus
		Ohio
Latitude / Longitude:		39.961176, -82.998794
Radius		2 miles
POPULATION
Population 2021		70,600	11,839,300	333,934,112
2010 Total Population		56,214	11,537,268	309,121,785
2020 Total Population		69,059	11,815,002	332,502,844
Projected Total Population 2026		77,647	11,966,163	345,887,495
Population Change, 2010 - 2020		22.9%	2.4%	7.6%
Annual Population Change Rate, 2021 - 2026		1.9%	0.2%	0.7%
POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN
Median Age		33.6	40.5	38.8
Under 4 years old		6.3%	5.6%	5.9%
5 - 9 years old		5.1%	5.8%	6.1%
10 - 14 years old		4.4%	6.0%	6.2%
15 - 24 years old		13.3%	12.7%	12.8%
25 - 44 years old		37.6%	25.2%	26.8%
Number of Adults 25-44		26,532	2,979,952	89,400,051
45 - 64 years old		21.6%	26.0%	25.0%
Number of Adults 45-64		15,232	3,078,736	83,512,738
65 years and over		11.9%	18.7%	17.3%
Number of Adults 65 years and older		8,385	2,213,302	57,652,490
0 - 14 years old		15.7%	17.4%	18.2%
Number of Children 0-14 years old		11,092	2,062,717	60,698,912

NOTE: All percentages are rounded. ESRI data pulled as of September 25, 2021. Data showing future dates are projections.

Highlighted fields signify favorable characteristics on a comparison basis with the other locations listed and/or national averages