The population of Columbia county is estimated at 23,983. In 2017 there were 282 births and 289 deaths in Columbia county. Columbia county has 3,269 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,241 that are owned free and clear and 3,249 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Columbia County filed 8,800 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Arkansas filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Columbia had a combined total federal tax liability of $68,455,000 on earned income of $430,250,000. Other notable statistics from Columbia County were 390 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,261,000 and 1,620 charitable contributions valued at $12,795,000. 1,490 filings from Columbia County paid a combined total of $2,022,000 in property taxes and 1,250 filings paid $7,868,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Columbia county had 73 religious congregations with an estimated 12,995 members.
21.5% of the Columbia population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 37% of Columbia County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 618 votes.
At $38,488 the median income is 83.8% of the Arkansas average. An estimated 460 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Columbia, the equivalant of around 5.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Columbia County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,118	Manufacturing
1,212	Health care and social assistance
1,010	Retail trade
674	Accommodation and food services
617	Food services and drinking places
561	Wood product manufacturing
479	Nursing and residential care facilities
399	General merchandise stores
399	Other general merchandise stores
387	Limited-service restaurants
273	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
272	Finance and insurance
252	Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing
239	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
218	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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