County / FIPS 42037
Columbia County
Pennsylvania
Columbia County runs 20 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
20
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
483
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Columbia County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$460.6M
Per resident
$7,116
Change since FY2021
+1%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $458M |
| 2022 | $377M |
| 2023 | $409M |
| 2024 | $442M |
| 2025 | $461M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Columbia County ranks 919th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Columbia County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital | Bloomsburg | |
| Berwick Hospital Center | Berwick | Not rated |
Public schools in Columbia County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleman El Sch | Benton Area SD | Benton | 316 |
| Beaver-Main El Sch | Bloomsburg Area SD | Bloomsburg | 99 |
| Benton Area Hs | Benton Area SD | Benton | 200 |
| Benton Area Ms | Benton Area SD | Benton | 104 |
| Berwick Area Hs | Berwick Area SD | Berwick | 782 |
| Bloomsburg Area Hs | Bloomsburg Area SD | Bloomsburg | 428 |
| Bloomsburg Area Ms | Bloomsburg Area SD | Bloomsburg | 354 |
| Central Columbia El Sch | Central Columbia SD | Bloomsburg | 699 |
| Central Columbia Ms | Central Columbia SD | Bloomsburg | 612 |
| Central Columbia Shs | Central Columbia SD | Bloomsburg | 597 |
| Columbia-Montour Avts | Columbia-Montour Avts | Bloomsburg | 609 |
| Hartman El Ctr | Southern Columbia Area SD | Catawissa | 456 |
| Memorial El Sch | Bloomsburg Area SD | Bloomsburg | 432 |
| Millville Area El Sch | Millville Area SD | Millville | 291 |
| Millville Area Jshs | Millville Area SD | Millville | 251 |
| Southern Columbia Hs | Southern Columbia Area SD | Catawissa | 378 |
| Southern Columbia Ms | Southern Columbia Area SD | Catawissa | 401 |
| W W Evans Memorial El Sch | Bloomsburg Area SD | Bloomsburg | 220 |
| West Berwick El Sch | Berwick Area SD | Berwick | 486 |
| Susq-Cyber Cs | Susq-Cyber Cs | Bloomsburg | — |