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Columbus city is a Census place in OH. Its published county relationships are Delaware County, Ohio; Fairfield County, Ohio; Franklin County, Ohio. Because it spans multiple counties, county-based routing needs the service address, not just the city name.
Geography source: 2025 Census county relationships; 2025 Gazetteer. These boundaries do not establish an AnSer office or your business’s service territory.
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Columbus city has an estimated 854,967 residents aged five and over in the 2020–2024 ACS. The table below breaks down home-language categories for this place; it does not measure your business’s callers.
Reported local estimates to compare with your caller records in Columbus: Spanish: 51,516 ±2,304; Other and unspecified languages: 41,644 ±3,087; Other Indo-European languages: 23,702 ±1,933. These are the largest point estimates among non-English home-language categories whose estimates exceed their margins of error. Differences have not been tested for statistical significance. Identify the actual caller language within grouped categories before discussing coverage.
| Language spoken at home | Estimated residents | Margin of error (±) |
|---|---|---|
| All residents aged 5 and over | 854,967 | 1,237 |
| Speak only English | 691,721 | 4,566 |
| Spanish | 51,516 | 2,304 |
| French, Haitian, or Cajun | 9,701 | 1,447 |
| German or other West Germanic languages | 1,388 | 345 |
| Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages | 3,607 | 624 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 23,702 | 1,933 |
| Korean | 1,719 | 389 |
| Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) | 7,266 | 760 |
| Vietnamese | 1,964 | 587 |
| Tagalog (including Filipino) | 1,494 | 408 |
| Other Asian and Pacific Island languages | 9,259 | 1,350 |
| Arabic | 9,986 | 1,432 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 41,644 | 3,087 |
Estimates have uncertainty; home language does not establish preferred call language or provider capabilities. Read the data definitions, limitations and planning method.
Source: Census table C16001 for Columbus.
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