North Carolina · Census place 3713980
Columbus, North Carolina
Columbus is a town in Polk County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,041 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 332nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,041
- #332 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +4.6%
- +46 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Density
- 277 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Columbus population, 2020 to 2024
Columbus added 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +14.
Columbus covers 3.76 square miles of land, for 277 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Columbus is less dense than the typical town.
What county Columbus is in
All of Columbus's residents live in Polk County, which had 20,320 residents in 2024. Columbus holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbus
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Columbus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28722, 28756. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Columbus is
The Census internal point of Columbus is at 35.251200, -82.209800. Raleigh, the capital, is 204.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tryon, NC (1,611 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 77.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.251200, -82.209800
- DMS
- 35°15'4.32"N 82°12'35.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 389939.4E 3901571.5N
- Geohash
- dnm89329h
- Plus code
- 867V7Q2R+F3
Daylight in Columbus
At 35.25° N, Columbus gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Columbus
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Tryon, 3.3 miles away, with 1,611 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbus, NC?
1,041 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 46 (4.6%) from 995 in July 2020.
What county is Columbus in?
Polk County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbus?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28722, 28756.
How far is Columbus from Raleigh?
204.1 miles (328.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Columbus.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbus?
Tryon, NC, with 1,611 residents, 3.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.