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Census: Columbus' Population Now Exceeds 850 Thousand

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published May 19, 2016 at 6:40 AM EDT

The U.S. Census Bureau says Columbus' population continues to grow. The bureau estimates the city's population in 2015 was more than 850-thousand, an increase of 63-thousand from 2010. The Bureau says Columbus remains the nation's 15th largest city and could eventually have a population of one million people.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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