The population of Columbia county is estimated at 56,893. In 2017 there were 615 births and 515 deaths in Columbia county. Columbia county has 12,178 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,777 that are owned free and clear and 5,780 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Columbia County filed 30,130 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Wisconsin filings and 0.020% of the entire nation. Columbia had a combined total federal tax liability of $255,492,000 on earned income of $1,787,197,000. Other notable statistics from Columbia County were 1,190 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,962,000 and 7,400 charitable contributions valued at $29,150,000. 9,240 filings from Columbia County paid a combined total of $39,026,000 in property taxes and 7,780 filings paid $47,600,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Columbia county had 90 religious congregations with an estimated 31,383 members.
22.6% of the Columbia population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Columbia County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,173 votes.
At $65,931 the median income is 111.2% of the Wisconsin average. An estimated 942 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Columbia, the equivalant of around 2.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Columbia County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,732	Manufacturing
3,440	Accommodation and food services
3,292	Retail trade
2,563	Health care and social assistance
1,832	Accommodation
1,794	Traveler accommodation
1,608	Food services and drinking places
1,444	Restaurants and other eating places
1,037	Food manufacturing
828	General merchandise stores
782	Chemical manufacturing
742	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
727	Full-service restaurants
710	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
683	Transportation and warehousing

In 2018 13.09% of listings in Columbia County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 53925, 53901, 53954 and 53555) dropped their price.

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