| Back to United States. City: Columbus, NE Population (2000): 27,172
Housing units: 11,540 Land area: 292.9 sq. mi. Water area: 2.5 sq. mi. White population: 25385 Black population: 103 American Indian population: 101 Asian population: 113 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 8 Some other race population: 1101 Two or more races population: 361 Urban population: 21018 Rural population: 6154 Median age: 35.8 Average household size: 2.56 Median household income (1999): $40161
 
Nearest zip codes: 68634, 68653, 68624, 68647, 68631, 68658.
Year house built:
- 1999 to March 2000: 163
- 1995 to 1998: 537
- 1990 to 1994: 973
- 1980 to 1989: 1378
- 1970 to 1979: 2600
- 1960 to 1969: 1624
- 1950 to 1959: 1734
- 1940 to 1949: 612
- 1939 or earlier: 1929
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Columbus, NE (68601):
- no bedroom: 22
- 1 bedrooms: 197
- 2 bedrooms: 1542
- 3 bedrooms: 3476
- 4 bedrooms: 1884
- 5 or more bedrooms: 441
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
- no bedroom: 119
- 1 bedrooms: 784
- 2 bedrooms: 1306
- 3 bedrooms: 562
- 4 bedrooms: 107
- 5 or more bedrooms: 62
Vehicles available in 68601 zip code in owner-occupied houses:
- no vehicle: 238
- 1 vehicle: 1609
- 2 vehicles: 3469
- 3 vehicles: 1593
- 4 vehicles: 473
- 5 or more vehicles: 180
Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:
- no vehicle: 350
- 1 vehicle: 1503
- 2 vehicles: 805
- 3 vehicles: 207
- 4 vehicles: 40
- 5 or more vehicles: 35
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in zip code 68601:
- Less than $10,000: 2
- $10,000 to $14,999: 15
- $15,000 to $19,999: 24
- $20,000 to $24,999: 40
- $25,000 to $29,999: 36
- $30,000 to $34,999: 46
- $35,000 to $39,999: 133
- $40,000 to $49,999: 339
- $50,000 to $59,999: 591
- $60,000 to $69,999: 781
- $70,000 to $79,999: 948
- $80,000 to $89,999: 926
- $90,000 to $99,999: 530
- $100,000 to $124,999: 633
- $125,000 to $149,999: 552
- $150,000 to $174,999: 235
- $175,000 to $199,999: 142
- $200,000 to $249,999: 152
- $250,000 to $299,999: 102
- $300,000 to $399,999: 52
- $400,000 to $499,999: 6
- $500,000 to $749,999: 6
- $750,000 to $999,999: 0
- $1,000,000 or more: 0
First ancestries reported:
- German: 10264
- Polish: 2709
- Other groups: 2402
- Irish: 1497
- English: 1045
- Czech: 1031
- Swedish: 687
- United States or American: 618
- Norwegian: 335
- Danish: 304
- Swiss: 300
- Dutch: 257
- French (except Basque): 204
- Italian: 177
- Czechoslovakian: 173
- Scottish: 149
- Scotch-Irish: 141
- European: 107
- Scandinavian: 72
- Welsh: 65
- Russian: 60
- Arab:: 57
- Belgian: 35
- Iraqi: 31
- Austrian: 30
- Luxemburger: 25
- French Canadian: 23
- Canadian: 19
- Hungarian: 19
- Lithuanian: 14
- Romanian: 12
- Eastern European: 11
- Croatian: 11
- Lebanese: 10
- Nigerian: 8
- Syrian: 8
- Subsaharan African:: 8
- Ukrainian: 7
- Northern European: 6
- Greek: 6
- Other Arab: 4
- Egyptian: 4
- British: 3
- Pennsylvania German: 3
- Jamaican: 2
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2
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