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Columbia

United States · GDP 2024
#775 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
GDP growth
+2.3%
Jobs tracked
20,998
Employers
1,432
Avg. wage
$51.1k
Population
58,132
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$85.4k±$2.7k
Business applications
840 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing32%
Food & accommodation24%
Retail trade17%
Health care16%
Construction6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
58,132
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $76.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−423
International migration+368
Natural change−366

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B
2019
$3.0B
2020
$3.3B
2021
$3.6B
2022
$4.2B
2023
$4.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$283.2k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$978/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±1.2%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
167 (2.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
81.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Cold wave 83Heat wave 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
288
2016
301
2017
318
2018
333
2019
341
2020
374
2021
422
2022
471
2023
498
2024
527
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.4 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
CPKC
Nearest port
118.8 km
WISCONSIN ELEC POWER-PORT WASHINGTON PLANT COAL DK
Nearest commercial airport
36.3 km
DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
La Plata$4.3BCullman$4.3BLee$4.3BFloyd$4.3BBelknap$4.3BCass$4.3B
The read

Columbia's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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