Columbus, Nebraska

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The 2000 Census showed that Columbus had a population of 20,971 people^<1>. This represents 1.22% of the total population of Nebraska, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
7	Hastings	SW	79 mi [127.1 km]	25,394	5.53% increase
8	North Platte	W	178 mi [286.5 km]	24,107	0.96% increase
9	Norfolk	N	41 mi [66 km]	22,940	2.45% decrease
-10-	Columbus			21,595	2.98% increase
11	Papillion	E	70 mi [112.7 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
12	Scottsbluff	W	326 mi [524 km]	14,785	0.36% increase
13	Beatrice	S	86 mi [138.4 km]	12,769	2.18% increase

Columbus had 8,818 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Columbus has an area^<4> of 8.97 square miles [23.24 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Columbus had a 2000 population density of 2,337 people per square mile [902 people/km²], making it the state's 28th most densely populated area.

Platte County

The city of Columbus is located in Platte County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 31,521 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 20,971 people, Columbus contained 66.5% of the Platte County total.

In addition, where the community of Columbus has a population density of 2,337 people per square mile [902 people/km²], Platte County averages 46.49 people per square mile [17.95 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Platte County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Columbus and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Columbus. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Columbus.

A Census Quickfact is available for Platte County (QF-31141).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Platte County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boone	QF-31011	W	5,446	12.35% decrease
	Butler	QF-31023	SE	8,326	6% decrease
	Colfax	QF-31037	E	9,989	4.39% decrease
	Madison	QF-31119	N	34,020	3.31% decrease
	Merrick	QF-31121	SW	7,700	5.68% decrease
	Nance	QF-31125	W	3,550	12.09% decrease
	Polk	QF-31143	S	5,122	8.75% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Columbus:

Columbus is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Columbus.

The Commemorative Quarter for Nebraska<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Columbus. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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