County profile
Columbia County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#632 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
36,446
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,943
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
169,189
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$95.6k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
38.5%±1.6%
Poverty rate
7.5%±1.1%
Business applications
2,690 · 2025
Retail establishments
396
23.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation22%
Health care18%
Manufacturing12%
Construction11%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
169,189
residents · 2025 · +7.9% since 2020
Income per capita $63.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,200
International migration+1,888
Natural change+2,245
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.4B2019
$4.5B2020
$4.9B2021
$5.5B2022
$5.8B2023
$6.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$305.3k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±1.3%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
$250.7M
1,213 units · 7.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 86Ice storm 84Earthquake 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2982016
3092017
3282018
3392019
3592020
4022021
4662022
5102023
5262024
5512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 20211,5482021
1,2402022
1,1572023
1,2132024
1,2132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.8 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
11.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
185.8 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
33.8 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Columbia?
Columbia's economy produced $6.2B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.