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Columbus County, NC

People
Population50,140B01003
Population, 2020 census50,623P1
Median age42.6B01002
Under 1820.6%B01001
65 and over20.7%B01001
Households20,048B11001
Foreign born3.3%B05002
Money
Median household income$49,442B19013
Median family income$63,861B19113
Per capita income$27,773B19301
Poverty rate18.2%B17001
Unemployment rate4.4%B23025
Civilian labor force20,699B23025
Mean commute (minutes)29.3B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher14.6%B15003
Housing
Housing units23,563B25001
Owner-occupied71.1%B25003
Renters28.9%B25003
Median home value$146,000B25077
Median gross rent$824B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic58.6%B03002
Black28.0%B03002
Hispanic or Latino5.6%B03002
Asian0.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native3.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 68% of North Carolina's ($72,388); poverty 18.2% against 13.0%; 0.5% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9301: 4,246Census Tract 9302: 2,246Census Tract 9303: 2,454Census Tract 9304: 3,695Census Tract 9305: 4,040Census Tract 9306: 3,052Census Tract 9307: 3,687Census Tract 9308: 3,704Census Tract 9309: 4,053Census Tract 9310: 4,309Census Tract 9311: 3,567Census Tract 9312.01: 4,955Census Tract 9312.02: 1,395Census Tract 9313.01: 1,894Census Tract 9313.02: 2,843WhitevilleTabor CityLake WaccamawChadbournBrunswickSandyfieldFair BluffRiegelwoodBoltonEvergreenCerro GordoHallsboroZIP 28472: 223 nonprofits, $213,187,251ZIP 28463: 56 nonprofits, $3,266,685ZIP 28431: 52 nonprofits, $-442,522ZIP 28456: 45 nonprofits, $1,763,599ZIP 28450: 31 nonprofits, $12,198,423ZIP 28442: 20 nonprofits, $861ZIP 28439: 18 nonprofits, $716,813ZIP 28423: 18 nonprofits, $1,946,026ZIP 28432: 12 nonprofits, $217,774ZIP 28436: 11 nonprofits, $3,846,242ZIP 28438: 8 nonprofits, $303,165ZIP 28430: 8 nonprofits, $840,467ZIP 28455: 6 nonprofits, $1,159,463ZIP 28424: 1 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,4542,454 to 3,5673,567 to 3,7043,704 to 4,246over 4,246nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Columbus County, NC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits509$239,004,247 revenue (latest return)COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ($176,377,792)
Nonprofit contractors16$47,436,977 paid by nonprofitsPELT DRIVE HEALTHCARE OF CUMBERLAND COUN ($8,802,482)
Colleges and schools11,397 enrollmentSoutheastern Community College (1,397)
Form D issuers3$2,110,000 amount soldWayne Bailey, Inc. ($2,050,000)
Political committees5BRANDON ACKER FOR AMERICA
Form 5500 plan sponsors89102 plansWRIGHTS GAS CO., INC. (3)
Open Payments recipients174$1,365,832 industry paymentsTABOR CITY FAMILY MEDICINE ($501,294)
Patent and trademark owners3367 patents and marksThe Council Tool Company, Inc. (11)
IPO registrants120 filingsWACCAMAW BANKSHARES INC (20)
Federal award recipients1,965$485,145,443 federal awardsCMC BUILDING INC ($133,770,564)
State business registrations113COLUMBUS GROUP HOMES, INC

Cross-reference: 509 nonprofits for 50,140 residents is 101.5 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $239,004,247 is $4,767 per resident, 24.1% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1JOHN YOUNGCEOCOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTH NETWORK$595,610201912.0x
2W JASON BECKCEOCOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTH NETWORK$496,263202410.0x
3JASON BECKCEOCOLUMBUS COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$496,263202410.0x
4ROBIN HODGECRNACOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$441,28420248.9x
5JEFFREY SAVAGECRNACOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$433,80720248.8x
6SHANNON MORGAN-BAEHRCRNACOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$309,59420216.3x
7M JEFFERY ARMSTRONGCFOCOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTH NETWORK$301,33020246.1x
8M Jeffrey ArmstrongCFOCOLUMBUS COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$291,28820235.9x
9GLORIA MILLERCRNACOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$287,09120245.8x
10HEATHER HINSONCRNACOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$278,22820245.6x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $49,442.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

IPO registrants: biggest by filings

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 15 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 9312.014,955$40,59024.9%41.3
Census Tract 93104,309$40,59217.1%47.3
Census Tract 93014,246$58,0918.6%39.7
Census Tract 93094,053$25,78923.9%32.5
Census Tract 93054,040$52,57518.6%41.7
Census Tract 93083,704$65,37210.1%44.9
Census Tract 93043,695$58,02617.8%44.7
Census Tract 93073,687$42,67631.8%47.3
Census Tract 93113,567$53,58318.9%41.5
Census Tract 93063,052$58,18618.9%44.6
Census Tract 9313.022,843$33,63024.5%40.9
Census Tract 93032,454$70,8139.6%46.4
Census Tract 93022,246$55,86211.2%38.4
Census Tract 9313.011,894$61,36514.2%43.4
Census Tract 9312.021,395$46,37513.8%55.5

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0