Columbus is a medium-sized city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 23,035 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Columbus is the 18th largest community in Mississippi.Columbus is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Columbus is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbus who work in food service (10.57%), sales jobs (10.44%), and healthcare (9.10%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Columbus spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.65 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Columbus is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Columbus is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.83% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $28,006, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,024 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Columbus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Columbus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbus residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
