Columbia | |
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 Downtown Columbia | |
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| Motto: Good for business, good for life | |
 Location of Columbia in Monroe County, Illinois. | |
| Coordinates:38°27′52″N90°14′30″W / 38.46444°N 90.24167°W /38.46444; -90.24167 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | St. Clair andMonroe[1] |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.38 sq mi (26.88 km2) |
| • Land | 10.32 sq mi (26.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.054 sq mi (0.14 km2) |
| Elevation | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 10,999 |
| • Density | 1,065.4/sq mi (411.37/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 62236 |
| Area code | 618 |
| FIPS code | 17-15833 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2393604[3] |
| Website | www |
Columbia is a city mainly inMonroe County with a small portion inSt. Clair County in the U.S. state ofIllinois, about 12 miles (19 km) south ofSt. Louis, Missouri. The population was 10,999 at the2020 census.
Columbia was first incorporated in 1859 as a small farming settlement, but had been occupied by various Native American cultures for 12,000 years. The earliest group encountered by European settlers were members of what became theIllinois Confederation, though they had moved to the area from the Great Lakes region only a few centuries before.[4]
According to the 2010 census, Columbia has a total area of 10.476 square miles (27.13 km2), of which 10.41 square miles (26.96 km2) (or 99.37%) is land and 0.066 square miles (0.17 km2) (or 0.63%) is water.[5]
Columbia is bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. Running in a diagonal line just northeast of Columbia is the border ofSt. Clair County, beyond which liesDupo to the north andMillstadt to the east. To the south isWaterloo. Waterloo and Columbia are expected to grow right up to the borders of the other, in effect extending St. Louis'surban sprawl from South St. Louis County across theJefferson Barracks Bridge into the heart of the formerly rural Monroe County[citation needed].
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally cool winters. According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Columbia, IL has ahumid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 2.5 (64) | 2.4 (61) | 3.3 (84) | 4.0 (100) | 4.8 (120) | 4.2 (110) | 4.1 (100) | 3.2 (81) | 3.4 (86) | 3.5 (89) | 3.8 (97) | 3.1 (79) | 42.3 (1,071) |
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| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1850 | 378 | — | |
| 1860 | 1,080 | 185.7% | |
| 1870 | 1,246 | 15.4% | |
| 1880 | 1,308 | 5.0% | |
| 1890 | 1,267 | −3.1% | |
| 1900 | 1,197 | −5.5% | |
| 1910 | 2,076 | 73.4% | |
| 1920 | 1,592 | −23.3% | |
| 1930 | 1,791 | 12.5% | |
| 1940 | 1,871 | 4.5% | |
| 1950 | 2,179 | 16.5% | |
| 1960 | 3,174 | 45.7% | |
| 1970 | 4,188 | 31.9% | |
| 1980 | 4,269 | 1.9% | |
| 1990 | 5,524 | 29.4% | |
| 2000 | 7,922 | 43.4% | |
| 2010 | 9,707 | 22.5% | |
| 2020 | 10,999 | 13.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
As of thecensus[8] of 2010, there were 9,707 people. 3,792 households and 2,692 families reside in the city. The population density was 932.5 people per square mile. There were 3,977 housing units at an average density of 382 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 97.4%White, 0.4%African American, 0.1%Native American, 0.7%Asian, 0.6% fromother races, and 0.9% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 2% of the population.
There were 3,792 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 25.0% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 20 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $67,333 and the median income for a family was $90,486. Males had a median income of $59,396 versus $43,594 for females. Theper capita income for the city was $32,243. About 2.3% of families and 4.7% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.
Columbia is served by the publicK-12 school district Columbia Community Unit District #4. District #4 includes Eagleview Elementary School (pre-k – 1), Parkview Elementary School (2–4), Columbia Middle School (5–8), andColumbia High School. Also located in the city is Immaculate Conception School,[9] a private Roman Catholic grade school with grades from Pre-k to eighth.
To get to places in other towns and cities, Columbians rely mostly on the four highways located nearby.Illinois Route 3 is the only highway that runs through the city. It connects Columbia withDupo andCahokia in the northwest andWaterloo andRed Bud from the southeast.Illinois Route 158 has its western terminus just south of the city off of Route 3 and connects Columbia withMillstadt.
Interstate 255 andU.S. Route 50 overlap in St. Louis and continue over theJefferson Barracks Bridge to Columbia, where they overlap again with Route 3 in an area just north of the city.
There is a small airport,Sackman Field, on the western edge of town, named for the former Columbia schools music director, Uhl Sackman.
A public bus service, provided by MetroBus, arrives in the morning and evening in Columbia and Waterloo and transports people to theMetroLink station inEast St. Louis.
"Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois: With Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers." Higginson Book Company, 1883. (Google Ebook)
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