Columbia, Missouri
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1821 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Missouri |
| County : | Boone County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 57 ′ N , 92 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
121,717 (as of 2017) 241,436 (as of 2017) |
| Population density : | 781.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 156.42233 km 2 (approx. 60 mi 2 ) of which 155.72233 km 2 (approx. 60 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 215 m |
| Postcodes : | 65201-65203 |
| Area code : | +1 573 |
| FIPS : | 29-15670 |
| GNIS ID : | 0716133 |
| Website : | www.gocolumbiamo.com |
| Mayor : | Brian Treece |
Columbia is a city with around 120,000 inhabitants (2016 estimate by the US Census Bureau) and the seat of the county administration of Boone County . The city is on Interstate 70 about midway between Kansas City and St. Louis; (199 km east of Kansas City , 121 km northwest of Rolla, Missouri , 44 km northwest of Jefferson City , 188 km west of St. Louis , and 136 km southwest of Quincy ). Columbia is the seat of the University of Missouri (approximately 30,000 students).
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 62,061 |
| 1990 | 69.101 |
| 2000 | 85.814 |
| 2010 | 109.040 |
| 2016 | 120,612 |
¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate
sons and daughters of the town
- William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896), Governor of Minnesota
- Norbert Wiener (1894–1964), mathematician
- Walt Koken (* 1946), banjo and fiddle player and singer
- E. Stanley Kroenke (* 1947), entrepreneur
- Russ Carnahan (* 1958), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- Conrad Goode (born 1962), actor
- Amy Benedict (born 1964), actress
- Lisa Wilcox (born 1964), actress
- Rob Benedict (born 1970), actor
- Scott Murphy (born 1970), US Congressman
- Jessica Capshaw (born 1976), actress
- Carl Edwards (* 1979), NASCAR racing driver
- Dutch Boyd (born 1980), poker player
- Carlos Pena (* 1989), actor, singer, dancer
Town twinning
Columbia's sister cities are
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Suncheon , South Korea, since 1991 -
Sibiu , Romania. since 1994 -
Kutaisi , Georgia, since 1997 -
Hakusan , Japan, since 2005 -
Laoshan, Qingdao Municipality , People's Republic of China, since 2006
Web links
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