The population of Columbia county is estimated at 61,010. In 2017 there were 505 births and 653 deaths in Columbia county. Columbia county has 11,142 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,415 that are owned free and clear and 7,349 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Columbia County filed 29,980 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all New York filings and 0.020% of the entire nation. Columbia had a combined total federal tax liability of $319,953,000 on earned income of $2,023,340,000. Other notable statistics from Columbia County were 930 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,729,000 and 7,640 charitable contributions valued at $31,995,000. 8,750 filings from Columbia County paid a combined total of $60,468,000 in property taxes and 6,970 filings paid $47,936,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Columbia county had 92 religious congregations with an estimated 24,699 members.
30.1% of the Columbia population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Columbia County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,247 votes.
At $60,629 the median income is 93.6% of the New York average. An estimated 1,208 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Columbia, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Columbia County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,929	Health care and social assistance
2,770	Retail trade
1,458	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,419	Accommodation and food services
1,290	Manufacturing
1,288	Food services and drinking places
1,218	Restaurants and other eating places
772	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
765	Food and beverage stores
729	Wholesale trade
717	Full-service restaurants
707	Ambulatory health care services
698	Grocery stores
656	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
562	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 8.46% of listings in Columbia County.

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