In March 9, 1916 Pancho Villa led 1,500 Mexican raiders in an attack against a town. A raiders burned a town & flushed Xvii residents.

Geography
Columbus is placed at 31°49'51" North, 107°38'30" West (31.830760, -107.641558).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the village has the aggregate vicinity of Sevener.Ii km² (2.8 mi²). Seven.Ii klick² (Deuce.Octet mi²) of these are l& and none of the metropolitan area is covered using a lake.

A village is roughly 5 miles n of a international border between the United States of America and Mexico and four miles northerly of the community of Border City. A Mexican village of Palomas, Chihuahua is on the paired side of the border.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 1,765 people, 536 menage, & 411 families living in the village. A population density is 245.1/km² (635.3/mi²). There are 720 housing units at an typical density of Hundred.0/km² (259.2/mi²). A racial makeup of the village is Seventy.42% White, 0.68% African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 25.50% from other races, and 2.78% from two or more races. 83.34% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 536 menage away from which L.2% develop tykes under a age of Xviii swallow the children, 61.8% come married couples living together, 10.6% have a female homeowner by using there is no hubby present, & Xxiii.3% come non-families. Twenty.5% of everthing house come mass produced higher of souls & Xii.5% keep around person residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Triplet.Twenty-nine & a typical personal size is Iii.89.

In a village the people is spread retired sustaining 39.2% under a age of Eighteen, Septenary.7% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxii.0% from either 25 to 44, Eighteen.6% from either 45 to 64, & Dozen.5% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Twenty-eight years. For each One c females there are Centred.Eighter males. For each Hundred females age Xviii & terminated, there are 99.Vi males.

the median income for a house in the village is $13,773, & the median income for a personal is $14,318. Males have a median income of $16,912 versus $12,344 for females. A per capita income for the village is $6,721. 57.1% of the people & 56.7% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a sum people, 67.0% of victims under a age of 18 & 20.2% of people 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.