Columbia County

Sources on this page

• University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research: University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: Estimates are as of April 1 and are published the following December or January; the April 1 figure for a year appears eight to nine months after that date.
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: County and city figures for a month are published about five weeks after it ends, preliminary, and revised the following month; the state about three weeks after.
• Florida Department of Revenue, Office of Tax Research: Florida Department of Revenue, Local Government Tax Distributions by County (Form 4), Tourist Development Tax. Retrieved 2026-09-28. Lag: Figures are by month of distribution. DOR's Office of Tax Research page states that collections are generally one month after the activity and distributions two months after the activity, so sales_month = distribution month minus 2 (derived). Form 3 fallback receipts: sales_month = receipt month minus 1 (derived). DOR posts the Form 4 workbook several months after distribution, so the latest sales month is usually 7 to 9 months old..
• Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation: Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: Extracts are refreshed weekly; the statewide and county summaries are dated the first of each month.
• Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations: Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: Filings are added to the daily file the day they are recorded; a month is complete once the daily files run past its end, and the latest month is preliminary until the next quarterly file includes it.
• US Census Bureau: County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: A year's data is released about 18 months after the March reference date.
• US Census Bureau: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: A month's place and county figures are released on the 17th working day of the following month, revised with each later release of the year; the annual table appears in May.
• Florida Department of Revenue: Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Columbia County: 2026P roll, Columbia 22 Preliminary NAL 2026.zip.
• Florida Department of Revenue: Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2025 (2025F), from the data portal's public records folders. Retrieved 2026-10-04. Columbia County: 2025F\NAL_2025_22Columbia_F.csv.
• Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: Most datasets are updated once a year on a cycle ending June 30; the Assisted Housing Inventory is updated several times a year (its user guide dates every input).
• Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Accounting: Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: A distribution is posted on the day it is paid, so the current month is partial until its last payment run; a month is complete once the following month has begun.
• Florida Legislature, Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR), from Annual Financial Reports filed with the Department of Financial Services: Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: A local fiscal year ends September 30; the Annual Financial Report is due to the Department of Financial Services nine months later, and EDR tabulates the reports over the following year, so a fiscal year is usually published one to two years after it ends.
• Florida Department of Financial Services: Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding. Retrieved 2026-10-04. Lag: filed within nine months of the fiscal year end (twelve with an audit); the latest year fills in through the following year.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Lag: The June 30 survey is published in the following September or October.

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• Sales and visitor spending: the BusinessFlare® estimate is by place; the county's sales are on its Sales and visitor spending page

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