For pre-formatted natality & mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR).

For other health data resources please see the Health Data & Info section.

Health Care
Columbia County had 3.1 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 4.7, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

Columbia County, the 12th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1790. Originally part of Richmond County, Columbia county was named for Christopher Columbus.

Harlem High School, one of Columbia County's two high schools, was one of five schools honored by Redbook magazine in 1992 for showing improvement in test scores, attendance, and graduation rates, as well as transforming a troubled school into a source of community pride.

With 1,200 miles of shoreline, Clarks Hill Lake is the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi and is partially located in Columbia County. The lake, which is also known as Thurmond Lake, was created in 1946 when the Army Corps of Engineers built the Clarks Hill Dam on the Savannah River.