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Follow Your Heart Index city profile

Columbia, South Carolina

A city-market profile built from 13 primary-city ZIP areas representing an estimated 346,894 residents.

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Follow Your Heart Index | National #802 of 129157.6Official whole-life balance across all five components
Partner Availability | National #18684.7100.0% coverage
Settlement Feasibility | National #101544.996.9% coverage
Economic Capacity | National #114557.196.9% coverage
Relationship Environment | National #120131.1100.0% coverage
Opportunity Strength | National #89059.7100.0% coverage

Population by life stage

Under 1871,562 | 20.6%
18 to 2456,955 | 16.4%
25 to 3452,989 | 15.3%
35 to 5478,891 | 22.7%
55 to 6436,743 | 10.6%
65 and older49,754 | 14.3%

Marital landscape

Married108,091 | 36.5%
Never married134,341 | 45.4%
Divorced31,451 | 10.6%
Separated7,139 | 2.4%
Widowed14,814 | 5.0%

Community

Who calls this city market home?

Explore each view separately. An ancestry-only list cannot tell you the largest origin community. These estimates overlap and must not be added.

Mexican origin and birth in Mexico answer different questions. Neither changes the Follow Your Heart Index.

Hispanic and Latino origins

Not Hispanic or Latino · 322,913 estimated people

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Hispanic and Latino origins — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
Not Hispanic or Latino322,91393.09%
Mexican8,6012.48%
Puerto Rican5,2291.51%
Honduran2,1930.63%
Cuban9040.26%
Colombian8990.26%
Panamanian8950.26%
Spaniard8420.24%
Dominican7320.21%
Venezuelan6890.20%
Guatemalan4130.12%
Spanish4010.12%
Salvadoran3640.10%
Nicaraguan3000.09%
Ecuadorian2130.06%
Peruvian1940.06%
Argentinean1350.04%
Costa Rican1350.04%
Uruguayan350.01%
Chilean180.01%
Bolivian120.00%

Indigenous identities

American Indian tribes, specified (AIAN alone) · 312 estimated people

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AIAN-alone survey responses; not tribal enrollment. A missing estimate is not a zero. Rankings require at least 99.99% population coverage.

Ancestry responses

English · 27,093 estimated people

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Ancestry responses — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
English27,0937.81%
German24,6547.11%
Irish19,9885.76%
American14,4444.16%
Italian8,6252.49%
Scottish6,3911.84%
Scotch-Irish5,4761.58%
French (except Basque)4,7371.37%
European3,7651.09%
Polish3,4551.00%
Jamaican3,0410.88%
African2,8910.83%
British1,4020.40%
Dutch1,3040.38%
Welsh1,2550.36%
Northern European1,1300.33%
Norwegian1,0450.30%
Russian1,0450.30%
Swedish8770.25%
Nigerian8660.25%
Other Arab8160.24%
Iraqi7710.22%
French Canadian7600.22%
West Indian7490.22%
Ukrainian7410.21%
Hungarian7060.20%
Czech7010.20%
Greek6860.20%
Other Subsaharan African6850.20%
Swiss6180.18%
Eastern European5930.17%
Scandinavian5420.16%
Lebanese4970.14%
Ghanaian4620.13%
Canadian3750.11%
Croatian3740.11%
Haitian3680.11%
Iranian3630.10%
Arab3460.10%
Portuguese3390.10%
Ethiopian3210.09%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian3150.09%
Lithuanian2980.09%
Brazilian2640.08%
Finnish2350.07%
Moroccan2320.07%
Cape Verdean2220.06%
Danish2200.06%
Romanian2030.06%
Austrian1870.05%
Kenyan1650.05%
Czechoslovakian1560.04%
Armenian1440.04%
Slovak1440.04%
Israeli1410.04%
Belgian1080.03%
Bahamian1070.03%
Senegalese1010.03%
Palestinian1000.03%
British West Indian970.03%
Syrian840.02%
Turkish820.02%
Slavic790.02%
Celtic750.02%
Ugandan740.02%
Albanian650.02%
Slovene590.02%
Barbadian460.01%
Guyanese450.01%
German Russian430.01%
Latvian390.01%
Luxembourger390.01%
Serbian390.01%
Yugoslavian360.01%
South African290.01%
Australian220.01%
Liberian220.01%
Bulgarian210.01%
Pennsylvania German210.01%
Zimbabwean210.01%
Cajun170.00%
Sierra Leonean140.00%
Macedonian110.00%
Maltese100.00%
Belizean90.00%
Estonian90.00%
Sudanese70.00%
Afghan60.00%
U.S. Virgin Islander60.00%

Detailed Asian identities

Asian Indian · 3,108 estimated people

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Detailed Asian identities — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
Asian Indian3,1080.90%
Chinese1,4520.42%
Filipino1,3350.38%
Korean1,2600.36%
Vietnamese7060.20%
Pakistani3540.10%
Bangladeshi2940.08%
Japanese1980.06%
Sri Lankan1740.05%
Burmese1720.05%
Taiwanese1410.04%
Nepalese1270.04%
Two or more Asian970.03%
Laotian770.02%
Cambodian540.02%
Hmong530.02%
Thai240.01%
Indonesian40.00%

Where residents were born

Iraq · 484 estimated people

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Where residents were born — separate Census measures
CommunityEstimated peopleLocal share
Iraq4840.14%
Northern America3970.11%
United Kingdom (inc. Crown Dependencies)3930.11%
Ghana3210.09%
Canada3060.09%
Brazil2380.07%
England2270.07%
Iran2230.06%
Bahamas1890.05%
Kuwait1870.05%
Ethiopia1800.05%
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland1630.05%
Burma (Myanmar)1590.05%
Trinidad and Tobago1560.04%
Senegal1420.04%
Kenya1360.04%
Liberia1110.03%
Saudi Arabia1070.03%
Hong Kong1010.03%
Morocco850.02%
Hungary840.02%
Haiti760.02%
United Arab Emirates760.02%
Laos700.02%
Dominica620.02%
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)600.02%
French570.02%
Israel560.02%
Turkey530.02%
Uzbekistan500.01%
Thailand470.01%
Grenada410.01%
Syria370.01%
Uruguay350.01%
Barbados330.01%
Congo320.01%
Bosnia and Herzegovina310.01%
Cameroon280.01%
Indonesia280.01%
Belarus270.01%
Uganda260.01%
Guyana240.01%
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)220.01%
Lithuania220.01%
Bulgaria210.01%
Somalia210.01%
South Africa210.01%
Moldova190.01%
West Indies180.01%
Singapore140.00%
Australia110.00%
Eritrea100.00%
Belize90.00%
Lebanon80.00%
Sudan70.00%
Tanzania70.00%
Scotland30.00%
Latvia10.00%

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Economic, housing and mobility context

Median household income$69,441
Employment rate58.0%
Typical home value$238,849
Typical rent$1,476
Mortgage access63.6
Migration opportunity49.0
Commute under 30 minutes73.8%
Poverty rate19.4%

ZIP areas in this city market

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ZIPHeart IndexPartnerSettlementEconomicRelationshipOpportunity
2920153.399.036.137.018.656.0
2920353.395.235.846.830.145.2
2920456.594.538.252.128.256.1
2920562.993.053.860.729.463.3
2920658.147.261.672.336.273.0
29207Not published99.1Not publishedNot published22.266.5
29208Not published100.0Not publishedNot published5.642.9
2920956.882.443.457.733.258.5
2921057.194.538.951.128.459.4
2921261.169.953.467.833.775.6
2922357.582.344.759.033.459.2
29225Not published100.0Not publishedNot published6.848.7
2922958.775.149.665.937.060.6

Follow Your Heart ZIP rankings within this city market

City ZIP rankZIPState ZIP rankNational ZIP rankHeart Index
#129205#8#2,31162.9
#229212#18#3,57961.1
#329229#36#5,79058.7
#429206#45#6,44858.1
#529223#52#7,10557.5
#629210#56#7,45457.1
#729209#59#7,87256.8
#829204#64#8,19356.5
#929203#106#11,72253.3
#1029201#107#11,72653.3