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Baltimore city, MD

593,490 Population
80.9 square miles 7,331.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,430 ±$1,083 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $43,325 ±$422
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$50,177 ±$2,120 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $86,738 ±$934
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

20.2% ±2% (115,472  ±11,386) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9% 532,241 (±0.4% / ±20,417)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

31.5 minutes ±0.8 (8,240,960  ±282,484) 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

242,694 ±3,666 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,226,767 ±9,709
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.3 ±0 (568,854  ±2,971) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.7 5,905,181 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.8% ±1.3% (7,516  ±1,964) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 73,824 (±0.4% / ±4,997)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

293,877 ±1,264 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,470,307 ±296
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$179,100 ±$6,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $332,500 ±$2,266
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

15.3% ±1.5% (89,906  ±8,752) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 12.6% 755,239 (±0.4% / ±24,413.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

85.7% ±2.6% (358,015  ±10,825) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 90.4% 3,781,706 (±0.7% / ±31,099.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
33.3% ±1.4% (139,040  ±5,874.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,710,230 (±0.5% / ±20,019)
  • about the same as 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 2019 5-year data

7.3% ±0.7% (43,510  ±4,009) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 15.4% 929,431 (±0.3% / ±20,049)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

5.6% ±0.5% (26,257  ±2,328) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 7.5% 350,423 (±0.2% / ±8,933)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
26,257 Total veterans ±2,328 23,379 Male ±2,334 2,878 Female ±901

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