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Howard County, MD

336,001 Population
250.9 square miles 1,338.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$64,401 ±$2,534 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$141,159 ±$6,781 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

5% ±1.3% (16,546  ±4,377) 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)

28.8 minutes ±0.7 (3,760,055  ±181,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 82,879,024 (±0.3 / ±1,095,870)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

121,399 ±1,549 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0 (333,303  ±38) 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

3.3% ±0.9% (2,620  ±680) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

126,188 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$603,400 ±$15,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13% ±2.1% (43,350  ±6,900.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.7% ±3.3% (218,019  ±7,623.3) 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)
62.5% ±2.5% (143,863  ±5,843.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 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)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

22.4% (75,410  ±4,544) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±0.9% (15,549  ±2,254) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,549 Total veterans ±2,254 14,016 Male ±2,214 1,533 Female ±568

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