Columbus, NE
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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None of the households in Columbus, NE reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Columbus, NE N/A, and the average commute time was 26.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Columbus, NE was 2 cars per household.
Columbus, NE borders Grand Island, NE and Norfolk, NE.
The economy of Columbus, NE employs 23.3k people. The largest industries in Columbus, NE are , and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($92,188), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($83,295), and Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($80,345).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Columbus, NE, are Production Occupations (4,323 people), Management Occupations (2,509 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,799 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Columbus, NE.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Nebraska (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Columbus, NE, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Columbus, NE, though some of these residents may live in Columbus, NE and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($107,614), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($69,189), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($66,250).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($53,846), Information ($53,088), and Public Administration ($47,500).
As of February 2023, there are 1.03M people employed in Nebraska. This represents a 2.25% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.87%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Nebraska.
The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.
Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.
The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Nebraska went to Donald J. Trump with 59.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.9%), followed by Other (0.849%).
Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts are the senators currently representing the state of Nebraska. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Nebraska is currently represented by 3 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Nebraska went to Donald J. Trump with 59.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.9%), followed by Other (0.849%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Nebraska for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts are the senators currently representing Nebraska.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Nebraska over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Nebraska is currently represented by 3 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Nebraska have changed over time starting in 2008.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, 1.09% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.952% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (381k), Some college (364k), and Bachelors Degree (309k).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Columbus, NE have an average commute time of 26.6 minutes, and they N/A. Car ownership in Columbus, NE is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Columbus, NE compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following map shows all of the counties in Columbus, NE colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Columbus, NE distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Nebraska was 0.444 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0995% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Nebraska was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Nebraska in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Nebraska across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
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The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Columbus, NE have a similar commute time (26.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 0.963% of the workforce in Columbus, NE have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Columbus, NE compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Columbus, NE distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Columbus, NE have 2 cars.
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The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Columbus, NE is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Columbus, NE has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Columbus, NE changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
