The population of Columbia county is estimated at 66,152. In 2017 there were 564 births and 702 deaths in Columbia county. Columbia county has 10,628 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,759 that are owned free and clear and 8,092 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Columbia County filed 29,620 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.020% of the entire nation. Columbia had a combined total federal tax liability of $220,847,000 on earned income of $1,518,579,000. Other notable statistics from Columbia County were 2,490 unemployment claims which collected a total of $10,832,000 and 3,970 charitable contributions valued at $15,056,000. 5,020 filings from Columbia County paid a combined total of $16,781,000 in property taxes and 4,260 filings paid $26,051,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Columbia county had 125 religious congregations with an estimated 31,278 members.
21.6% of the Columbia population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Columbia County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,822 votes.
At $51,302 the median income is 86.7% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 1,765 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 5.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Columbia County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,484	Manufacturing
3,413	Retail trade
2,484	Accommodation and food services
2,243	Food services and drinking places
1,909	Restaurants and other eating places
1,618	Transportation and warehousing
1,114	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,044	Full-service restaurants
1,026	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
860	Truck transportation
808	General freight trucking
799	Food and beverage stores
783	General freight trucking, long-distance
783	General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload
677	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.66% in Columbia County.

In 2018 9.50% of listings in Columbia County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 18603 and 17815) dropped their price.

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