Moving to Columbia, Maryland

About Columbia, Maryland
Columbia

Columbia is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is a planned community consisting of 10 self-contained villages. The census-designated place had a population of 104,681 at the 2020 census, making it the second most populous community in Maryland after Baltimore. Columbia, located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., is officially part of the Baltimore metropolitan area.

Columbia proper consists only of that territory governed by the Columbia Association, but larger areas are included under its name by the U.S. Postal Service and the Census Bureau. These include several other communities which predate Columbia, including Simpsonville, Atholton, and in the case of the census, part of Clarksville. Columbia began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Developer James Rouse attempted to create the new community in terms of human values, rather than economics and engineering. Opened in 1967, Columbia was intended to not only eliminate the inconveniences of then-current subdivision design, but also eliminate racial, religious and class segregation.

Gender
Gender Columbia Maryland Country
Female 51.6% 51.5% 50.8%
Male 48.4% 48.5% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Columbia Maryland Country
Less than $10,000 3.8% 4.6% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 2.2% 2.6% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 4.8% 5.6% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 3% 6.1% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 5.2% 9.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 10.8% 15.2% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 14.3% 13% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 22.7% 19.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 14.8% 10.8% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 18.4% 13.4% 8.3%
Education


Education Columbia Maryland Country
< 9th Grade 3% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 2% 6% 7.0%
High School or GED 13% 24% 27.0%
Other College 15% 19% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 5% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 29% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 22% 13% 9.0%
Professional Degree 5% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 6% 3% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Columbia Maryland Country
White 44.5% 50.2% 60.1%
African American 27% 29.4% 12.2%
American Indian 0.3% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 13.3% 6.3% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.8% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 4.7% 3.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 9.4% 10.3% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity