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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

MUSCOGEE COUNTY
4,628 companies

COLUMBUS MSA

5,315 companies
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

$47,288

MEAN TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
19.4 minutes

LABOR FORCE

MUSCOGEE COUNTY
98,955

COLUMBUS MSA
99,441

GREATER COLUMBUS (INCL AL)
123,337

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia Dept. of
Labor Area Profile Aug. 2020

Business Climate real estate developer the

Over the last decade, Georgia has W.C. Bradley Company, and
become a premier location for lifestyle brand Salt Life, among
corporate headquarters and major others. Additionally, companies
business operations. Business-friendly such as insurance giant Anthem
incentives, a well-trained workforce, Blue Cross Blue Shield, automotive
low production costs, and easy access manufacturer Kia Motors, aerospace
to the world’s largest commercial manufacturer Pratt & Whitney,
markets are just a few of the reasons and refrigerated merchandiser
Georgia is home to 18 Fortune 500 Kysor-Warren operate within the
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companies and 30 companies in the Columbus region.
Fortune 1000.
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Another major economic driver for
Two of those Fortune -ranked the region is Fort Benning and the
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companies, Aflac and TSYS, are Maneuver Center of Excellence,
home-grown Columbus headquartered which supports approximately 42,000
companies. They are joined by military personnel, contractors, and
corporate headquarters for financial civilians who work and train at the
service provider Synovus, leisure and military installation every day.

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