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Howard County, MD

335,411 Population
250.9 square miles 1,336.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$62,728 ±$2,312 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $49,236 ±$526
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$133,438 ±$6,540 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $94,991 ±$1,080
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

5.3% ±1.6% (17,714  ±5,146) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.6% 581,748 (±0.4% / ±21,727)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

28.2 minutes ±1 (3,855,995  ±200,745) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 30.8 78,339,830 (±0.3 / ±941,998)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

121,423 ±1,438 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,375,984 ±8,175
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (332,694  ±110) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,039,338
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.9% ±1.6% (3,121  ±1,245) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5% 71,827 (±0.4% / ±5,546)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

125,818 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,559,057 ±654
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$580,600 ±$13,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $398,100 ±$3,070
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.3% ±2.1% (44,020  ±6,973.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.6% 704,384 (±0.4% / ±24,705.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

95.6% ±3.1% (218,523  ±7,057.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,918,299 (±0.8% / ±33,025.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
65.2% ±2.5% (149,040  ±5,612.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,878,705 (±0.5% / ±22,389.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

22.9% (76,706  ±5,584) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 16.7% 1,029,710
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.3% ±0.9% (15,879  ±2,395) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 324,204 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
15,879 Total veterans ±2,395 13,605 Male ±2,139 2,274 Female ±807

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