Columbus is a very large city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 933,263 people and 249 associated neighborhoods, Columbus is the largest community in Ohio.Unlike some cities, Columbus isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Columbus are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Columbus is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbus who work in office and administrative support (17.58%), management occupations (8.36%), and business and financial occupations (7.98%). Also of interest is that Columbus has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.71% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Columbus is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.92% of adults in Columbus have a college degree. The per capita income in Columbus in 2022 was $35,416, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,664 for a family of four. However, Columbus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Columbus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Columbus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbus residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Columbus include German, English, Irish, Ethiopian, and Italian. Columbus also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.63%. The most common language spoken in Columbus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
