The population of Columbia county is estimated at 50,886. In 2017 there were 552 births and 472 deaths in Columbia county. Columbia county has 10,422 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,860 that are owned free and clear and 4,901 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Columbia County filed 23,110 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.2% of all Oregon filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Columbia had a combined total federal tax liability of $173,344,000 on earned income of $1,377,390,000. Other notable statistics from Columbia County were 1,440 unemployment claims which collected a total of $7,250,000 and 6,970 charitable contributions valued at $19,478,000. 8,600 filings from Columbia County paid a combined total of $28,420,000 in property taxes and 7,670 filings paid $58,660,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Columbia county had 71 religious congregations with an estimated 9,823 members.
18.6% of the Columbia population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Columbia County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,779 votes.
At $61,453 the median income is 102.2% of the Oregon average. An estimated 1,253 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Columbia, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Columbia County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,350	Manufacturing
1,349	Retail trade
1,239	Health care and social assistance
964	Accommodation and food services
915	Food services and drinking places
841	Restaurants and other eating places
407	Full-service restaurants
333	Limited-service restaurants
304	Food and beverage stores
286	Transportation and warehousing
285	Finance and insurance
275	Professional, scientific, and technical services
267	Wood product manufacturing
262	Grocery stores
240	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.71% in Columbia County.

In 2018 14.75% of listings in Columbia County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 97051, 97016 and 97056) dropped their price.

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