The city of Columbus was founded in 1812 and has served as the state capital since 1816. The city has gradually grown into the most populous city in the state of Ohio. Helping to facilitate this population growth has been the city's tremendous land area expansion. Annexation has enabled the city to grow from 39.9 square miles in 1950 to over 225.9 square miles today.

• Map of City of Columbus

• Area Commissions (13)

• Households - 1990 & 2000

• Housing - 1990 & 2000

• Population- 1990 & 2000

• 1950 Boundary (Central City) Population Profile/1990 Boundary Population Profile

• Columbus Public Schools

• For other demographic information click on the following link:
  www.datasourcecolumbus.org
  http://factfinder.census.org
  www.morpc.org
  

• Parks/Open Space
  Columbus Recreation and Parks
  Metro Parks

• Columbus Growth Map Series

• For more information about Columbus, Ohio click on the following link:
  City of Columbus