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Howard County, MD

322,407 Population
250.9 square miles 1,284.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,873 ±$1,049 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $43,352 ±$217
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$124,042 ±$3,448 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $87,063 ±$391
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

5.1% ±0.5% (16,336  ±1,677) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9% 531,553 (±0.2% / ±8,805)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

31.1 minutes ±0.4 (4,690,255  ±87,367) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 33.1 92,535,455 (±0.1 / ±418,686)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

116,457 ±558 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,230,527 ±4,131
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.8 ±0 (319,996  ±555) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 5,897,417
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.7% ±0.5% (3,663  ±407) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 74,411 (±0.2% / ±2,305)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

120,834 ±214 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,459,650 ±710
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$464,500 ±$5,552 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $325,400 ±$1,055
  • about double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12% ±0.8% (38,108  ±2,513.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 13.2% 789,073 (±0.2% / ±12,122.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

95.5% ±1.6% (208,467  ±3,400.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 90.6% 3,771,670 (±0.4% / ±14,657.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
62.7% ±1.2% (136,792  ±2,589.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,703,178 (±0.2% / ±9,435.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

21.2% ±0.6% (68,203  ±2,007) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 15.2% 916,067 (±0.1% / ±8,524)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.2% ±0.4% (17,274  ±883) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 7.7% 357,261 (±0.1% / ±4,196)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
17,274 Total veterans ±883 14,607 Male ±843 2,667 Female ±374

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