The Starkville–Columbus, MS Combined Statistical Area was formerly known as Columbus–West Point was defined as consisting of

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and Lowndes counties in northeastern

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, which were separately treated as the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area and Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, respectively. As of the 2000 census, the CSA had a population of 83,565. The metropolitan area delineations published by the

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in February 2013 no longer include Clay County as a micropolitan statistical area and they no longer treat the two counties as a combined statistical area. When the 2023 core-based statistical areas were defined, the Columbus micropolitan area and the Starkville micropolitan area were combined, and the West Point micropolitan area was no longer defined

Counties

* Lowndes * Noxubee * Oktibbeha * Webster

Incorporated places

* Artesia *

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(principal city) * Crawford *

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* Starkville (principal city)

Unincorporated places

* Bent Oak * Billups * Flint Hill * Forreston * Kolola Springs * Mayhew * McCrary * Penns * Plum Grove * Steens *

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* Wells * Whitebury * Woodlawn

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 83,565 people, 31,001 households, and 22,290 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 52.88%

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, 45.44%

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, 0.14% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.34% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population. The median income for a household in the CSA was $29,748, and the median income for a family was $36,855. Males had a median income of $30,915 versus $20,057 for females. The

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for the CSA was $15,513.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Columbus - West Point combined statistical area Geography of Clay County, Mississippi Geography of Lowndes County, Mississippi Combined statistical areas of the United States

Counties

Incorporated places

Unincorporated places

Demographics

See also

References