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Washington County, MD

157,228 Population
457.8 square miles 343.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,039 ±$2,025 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,560 ±$5,537 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.6% ±2.5% (17,443  ±3,694) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.6 minutes ±2 (1,820,440  ±158,666) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

60,613 ±1,063 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (150,311  ±163) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.7% ±3% (3,013  ±1,045) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,600 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$318,800 ±$17,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.3% ±2.1% (15,981  ±3,318.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.8% ±4.5% (98,998  ±5,108.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.8% ±2.4% (27,660  ±2,697.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.5% (13,406  ±2,443) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.5% ±1.1% (9,196  ±1,395) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,196 Total veterans ±1,395 7,963 Male ±1,123 1,233 Female ±775

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