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Columbia

United States · GDP 2024
#890 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
GDP growth
+3.2%
Jobs tracked
20,689
Employers
1,492
Avg. wage
$49.4k
Population
74,094
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$59.2k±$3.3k
Business applications
1,146 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care34%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction15%
Transportation8%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
74,094
residents · 2025 · +6.2% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,792
International migration+794
Natural change−1,472

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B
2019
$2.5B
2020
$2.7B
2021
$3.1B
2022
$3.4B
2023
$3.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.9k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$976/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±1.5%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
182 (2.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
69.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Hurricane 90Wildfire 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
129
2016
132
2017
141
2018
151
2019
159
2020
180
2021
214
2022
237
2023
247
2024
262
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
NS
Nearest port
91.9 km
USN AIR STN&YUKON FLA
Nearest commercial airport
68.3 km
GAINESVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Otsego$3.5BSt. Mary$3.5BKendall$3.5BRoane$3.5BColes$3.5BSurry$3.5B
The read

Columbia's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 63% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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