Columbia County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 59,166 90.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,663 4.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,085 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 480 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,513 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 121 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 318 0.5%

• Under 18 11,483 17.6%
• 18–24 9,868 15.1%
• 25–44 14,510 22.2%
• 45–64 16,207 24.8%
• 65 and over 13,294 20.3%

Median household income

$65,026

90% interval $60,580–$69,472

−$12,506 vs PA · 41st of 67

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 10.8%–16.2%

+1.9 pp vs PA · 18th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.62 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.3B

0.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,260

Establishments

1,570

• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,474 26.9%
• Education & health services 4,483 18.6%
• Manufacturing 3,730 15.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,689 11.2%
• Professional & business services 2,350 9.8%
• Construction 833 3.5%
• Other services 762 3.2%
• Public administration 708 2.9%
• Financial activities 629 2.6%
• Information 272 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 145 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 95.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.5%

+0.2 pp vs PA · 57th of 67

Median gross rent

$943

−$266 vs PA · 28th of 67

Owner-occupied

18,313

Renter-occupied

8,037

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $72,581/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,101/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 21,190 65.0%
• Democratic 11,083 34.0%
• Other / third-party 303 0.9%

• Spanish 725 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 315 0.5%
• Chinese 208 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 174 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 29 0.0%
• Vietnamese 17 0.0%
• Arabic 12 0.0%
• Tagalog 7 0.0%
• Korean 6 0.0%

Households

26,350

Family households

15,800

60.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,835

24.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,037

6.6% of families

Veterans

3,355

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 11,925 18.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,467 10.0%
• Catholic 5,456 8.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 944 1.5%
• Orthodox 75 0.1%

Health insured

96.0%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.0%

±0.7 pp

55th of 67

With a disability

15.1%

±0.9 pp

40th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

26.6%

±1.8 pp

−8.6 pp vs PA · 25th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.8%–7.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

26th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Bloomsburg, Danville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

11.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6