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Baltimore city, MD

565,239 Population
80.9 square miles 6,982.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,534 ±$1,441 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,579 ±$3,574 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.2% ±1.9% (109,734  ±10,050) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.6 minutes ±0.8 (6,666,160  ±304,323) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 82,879,024 (±0.3 / ±1,095,870)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

259,385 ±3,097 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0 (544,782  ±416) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.5 † 6,055,057 (±,233 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.9% ±0.9% (5,851  ±1,301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

294,353 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$241,900 ±$7,207 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.1% ±1.3% (78,422  ±7,412.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

88.3% ±2.8% (348,962  ±11,260.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
37.1% ±1.7% (146,605  ±6,886.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

9.1% ±8,906.4% (51,220  ±5,464) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 17% † 1,051,891 (±1,530% / ±20,145)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4% ±0.5% (18,037  ±2,196) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
18,037 Total veterans ±2,196 14,553 Male ±1,875 3,484 Female ±1,282

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