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Andrew Ginther (Democratic) has been Mayor of Columbus since 1 Jan 2016. Unemployment rate: 3.5% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.4 percentage points lower than when Andrew Ginther took office in January 2016, while Ohio's fell 1.6 percentage points. On the fall in unemployment Columbus is 41st of the 117 cities, on GDP per person 54th of 73. On violent crime rate the two part most: −206 per 100,000 in Columbus, −22 per 100,000 for Ohio. Under Michael B. Coleman (2000 to 2016) the violent crime rate fell 293 per 100,000. Typical home value is up 121% since day zero (7.6% a year).
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