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Howard County, MD

334,529 Population
250.9 square miles 1,333.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$60,404 ±$3,948 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $46,500 ±$509
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$133,267 ±$7,347 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $90,203 ±$1,065
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

6.4% ±1.4% (21,347  ±4,779) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 10.3% 618,372 (±0.4% / ±24,989)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

N/A Mean travel time to work

Families

120,546 ±1,453 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,355,652 ±6,143
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.8 ±0 (331,258  ±2,263) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,027,375 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.2% ±1.1% (3,293  ±858) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,893 (±0.4% / ±5,218)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

124,255 ±821 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,546,364 ±423
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$529,300 ±$12,961 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $370,800 ±$2,525
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12% ±1.8% (39,630  ±5,916.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 712,481 (±0.5% / ±27,661.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.9% ±3.2% (216,041  ±7,198.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.1% 3,892,442 (±0.7% / ±31,482.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
64.6% ±2.4% (147,099  ±5,549) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 42.6% 1,818,202 (±0.5% / ±21,033.8)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

28.6% ±1.7% (90,333  ±5,453) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 20.5% 1,188,782 (±0.4% / ±20,237.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

24.2% ±1.4% (80,901  ±4,583) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 15.9% 979,051 (±0.3% / ±17,853)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.5% ±0.6% (13,733  ±1,619) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,591 (±0.2% / ±8,749)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
13,733 Total veterans ±1,619 11,707 Male ±1,378 2,026 Female ±781

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