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Howard County, MD

325,690 Population
250.9 square miles 1,297.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$56,192 ±$2,096 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $43,325 ±$422
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$121,618 ±$4,896 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $86,738 ±$934
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

4.8% ±1.1% (15,526  ±3,539) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9% 532,241 (±0.4% / ±20,417)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

30.6 minutes ±0.9 (4,705,950  ±202,063) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 33.7 97,843,620 (±0.2 / ±961,283)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

115,772 ±2,010 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,226,767 ±9,709
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.8 ±0.1 (322,867  ±1,518) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.7 5,905,181 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.8% ±1.5% (4,561  ±1,196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 73,824 (±0.4% / ±4,997)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

122,591 ±549 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,470,307 ±296
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$482,100 ±$13,007 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $332,500 ±$2,266
  • about double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

10.7% ±1.5% (34,521  ±4,961) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 12.6% 755,239 (±0.4% / ±24,413.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

95.2% ±3.2% (209,984  ±7,177.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 90.4% 3,781,706 (±0.7% / ±31,099.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
64.4% ±2.4% (142,070  ±5,399.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,710,230 (±0.5% / ±20,019)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

20.9% ±1.4% (68,142  ±4,518) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 15.4% 929,431 (±0.3% / ±20,049)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

6.8% ±0.8% (16,538  ±1,907) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 7.5% 350,423 (±0.2% / ±8,933)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
16,538 Total veterans ±1,907 13,495 Male ±1,598 3,043 Female ±832

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