Columbus County
Columbus county is located close to the center of North Carolina. Columbus county has 937.29 square miles of land area and 16.35 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Columbus county population is 58,098, which has grown 6.12% since 2000. The population growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 18.46% and is lower than the national average rate of 9.71%. Columbus county median household income is $35,421 in 2006-2010 and has grown by 32.14% since 2000. The income growth rate is much higher than the state average rate of 10.57% and is much higher than the national average rate of 19.17%. Columbus county median house value is $89,000 in 2006-2010 and has grown by 16.95% since 2000. The house value growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 42.38% and is much lower than the national average rate of 50.42%. As a reference, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for the same period is 26.63%. On average, the public school district that covers Columbus county is worse than the state average in quality. The Columbus county area code is 910.
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