Columbus by the Numbers

• 1.7 Million People: 15th Largest City in the U.S.
• 3rd fastest growing major metro in the Midwest
• All American City
  National Civic League, April 2006
• A Young Community: Average age 34
• 2 International Airports
• One of 10 shortest commute times of all major U.S. Cities
  US Census Bureau 2004
• #7 Strongest Economy in the nation
  POLICOM, August 2006
• #2 City in US for African American Families
  Black Entertainment Television Network - Oct 2002
• #1 Midwest City for Entrepreneurs
  Entrepreneurs Mag, Oct. 2004
• #3 "Cities of the Future"
  fDi magazine, April 2007
• 4th Cleanest City
  Reader's Digest, July 2005
• Top 10 High-Tech Cities
  Popular Science Magazine, March 2005
• Top 10 Arts Destinations
  American style Magazine, May 2005
• #8 Best City to Live and Work
  Money Magazine, August 2006
• Home to 4 of the World's Top 100 Gold Course
  Golf Magazine, May 2007
• Best Library in the US
  Hennen's American Public Library, September 2002
• Ultimate Arena Experience of all Professional Sports Arenas - Nationwide Arena
  ESPN Magazine, 2004
• 18 institutions of higher learning: Over 100,000 College Students
• 49 K-12 School Districts: 257,000 students
• Most per capita Park Space of any US City