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Columbia
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planned community in Howard County, Maryland, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Howard
- Founded
- June 21, 1967
- Founded by
- James Rouse
- Named after
- Columbia (personification)
- Total
- 32.19 sq mi (83.37 km )
- Land
- 31.93 sq mi (82.71 km )
- Water
- 0.25 sq mi (0.66 km )
- Elevation
- 407 ft (124 m)
- Density
- 3,278.1/sq mi (1,265.68/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 21044-21046
- Area codes
- 410, 443, 667
- Fips code
- 24-19125
- Gnis feature id
- 0590002
- Website
- columbiaassociation.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Columbia
- Population
- 104681
- Area
- 83.358314
- Elevation
- 124
- Image
- Aerial View of Columbia, MD.jpg
- Households
- 41261
- Dialing code
- 667
- Motto
- The Next America
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- Commons category
- Columbia, Maryland
- postal code
- 21046
- inception
- 1967-06-21
- water as percent of area
- 0.8004
- per capita income
- 52834
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Columbia is a planned community in Howard County, Maryland, United States, consisting of 10 self-contained villages. With a population of 104,681 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most-populous community in Maryland, after Baltimore. Columbia, located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area and is tracked by the United States Census Bureau as a census-designated place. Columbia proper consists only of territory governed by the Columbia Association, a not-for-profit management company. The United States Postal Service also uses the name for other communities that predate Columbia, including Simpsonville and Atholton; the Census Bureau also counts part of Clarksville as Columbia.
Developer James Rouse founded Columbia in 1967, aiming to create a community that would avoid the inconveniences of then-current subdivision design; eliminate racial, religious and class segregation; and reduce leapfrog and spot zoning development.