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Congressional District 8, MD

771,551 Population
273.4 square miles 2,821.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$69,506 ±$1,745 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$132,789 ±$4,347 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.1% ±1.1% (54,163  ±8,190) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

32.4 minutes ±0.5 (9,766,115  ±337,830) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 82,879,024 (±0.3 / ±1,095,870)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

288,897 ±4,104 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (765,039  ±11,846) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.5% ±0.9% (7,886  ±1,539) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

300,668 ±3,871 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$681,300 ±$12,790 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • about double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.9% ±1.3% (90,920  ±9,776.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.3% ±1.7% (495,231  ±11,364.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
64.6% ±1.5% (346,487  ±9,069.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

41.3% ±2.1% (301,151  ±15,841.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 21.5% 1,251,305 (±0.4% / ±23,654.7)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

32.8% ±1.5% (252,905  ±12,436) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.4% ±0.4% (26,292  ±2,475) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
26,292 Total veterans ±2,475 23,034 Male ±2,408 3,258 Female ±881

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