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COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA QUICK STATSCounty: Lancaster
Elevation: 300 feet
Land Area: 2.44 square miles
Population Density: 4114 people per square mile
Population: 10,033
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (89.5%), Hispanic (4.5%), Black (4.4%), Two or more races (1.9%), Other race (1.7%)
Ancestries (City): German (40.0%), Irish (12.6%), United States (10.7%), English (5.8%), Italian (4.1%), French (2.0%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lancaster, PA (10.2 miles , pop. 56,348)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (50.6 miles , pop. 651,154)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (71.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550)
Nearest cities: Wrightsville borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Mountville borough, PA (1.9 miles ), Marietta borough, PA (1.9 miles ), East Prospect borough, PA (2.1 miles ), Maytown, PA (2.3 miles ), Mount Joy borough, PA (2.3 miles ), Salunga-Landisville, PA (2.5 miles ), Hallam borough, PA (2.5 miles )
Airports and Heliports located in Columbia: Mc Ginness Airport (Runways: 2, Itinerant Ops: 100, Military Ops: 75)
Columbia Compared to State Average: Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average. House age significantly above state average. Number of college students below state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 70.20%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 8.40%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.10%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Columbia:
YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA about 6 miles, YORK, PA, Full-time enrollment: 4,541 MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA about 8 miles, MILLERSVILLE, PA, FT enrollment: 6,384 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG about 17 miles, MIDDLETOWN, PA, FT enrollment: 2,064 HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG about 27 miles, HARRISBURG, PA, FT enrollment: 4,653 MESSIAH COLLEGE about 28 miles, GRANTHAM, PA, FT enrollment: 2,761 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS about 35 miles, READING, PA, FT enrollment: 2,003 HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 37 miles, BEL AIR, MD, FT enrollment: 2,646
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