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Howard County, MD

323,196 Population
250.9 square miles 1,287.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$52,654 ±$1,791 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $41,522 ±$420
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$116,984 ±$5,415 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $83,242 ±$1,022
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

5.1% ±1.1% (16,304  ±3,648) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9% 528,203 (±0.4% / ±21,054)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

31.9 minutes ±1 (5,115,210  ±191,170) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 33.3 96,797,100 (±0.2 / ±816,106)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

116,903 ±1,234 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,215,935 ±9,432
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.7 ±0 (320,817  ±951) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.7 5,902,271 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

4.1% ±1.5% (3,208  ±1,141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5% 72,172 (±0.4% / ±5,146)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

120,822 ±351 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,458,779 ±362
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$476,600 ±$11,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $324,800 ±$2,183
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

14.3% ±2.1% (45,746  ±6,831.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 14.1% 840,605 (±0.4% / ±25,285.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

96% ±3.1% (210,273  ±6,883.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 90.5% 3,771,208 (±0.7% / ±30,684.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
62.3% ±2.2% (136,378  ±4,801.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 40.8% 1,700,695 (±0.5% / ±19,915.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

21.7% ±1.3% (70,140  ±4,281) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 15.2% 915,191 (±0.3% / ±16,828)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

6.5% ±0.8% (15,685  ±1,832) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 7.8% 363,178 (±0.2% / ±8,835)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
15,685 Total veterans ±1,832 14,165 Male ±1,824 1,520 Female ±513

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