COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Bloomsburg       YEAR FOUNDED:  1813

 

Land Area

 486 square miles

 

2000 Population

  64,151 persons

Water Area

 4 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  490 square miles

 

Population Density

 131 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia County contains a total land area of 490 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 64,151 persons.  This is a net increase of 855 persons (1.35%) from the 1990 census of 63,296 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Columbia County in 2004 to be 65,015, which continues the previous decade’s trend.