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Congressional District 5, MD

812,172 Population
1,516.8 square miles 535.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,210 ±$1,617 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$122,220 ±$3,222 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

5.3% ±0.8% (41,873  ±6,182) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

35.7 minutes ±0.4 (12,897,265  ±508,180) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 82,879,024 (±0.3 / ±1,095,870)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

293,067 ±6,258 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (797,426  ±18,390) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±1.1% (9,655  ±2,117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

306,057 ±5,837 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$458,700 ±$7,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.7% ±1.1% (77,951  ±8,935.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.3% ±1.4% (532,651  ±13,883.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
41.7% ±1.3% (235,305  ±8,900) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

11.2% ±0.9% (82,642  ±6,935.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 20.6% 1,198,235 (±0.2% / ±10,659.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

9.9% ±1.1% (80,329  ±8,773) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.2% ±0.7% (68,221  ±4,746) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
68,221 Total veterans ±4,746 54,017 Male ±3,923 14,204 Female ±2,357

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