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Baltimore city, MD

602,274 Population
80.9 square miles 7,440.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,699 ±$533 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $43,352 ±$217
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$52,164 ±$946 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $87,063 ±$391
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

20% ±0.6% (116,258  ±3,475) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9% 531,553 (±0.2% / ±8,805)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

31.1 minutes ±0.4 (8,003,065  ±124,440) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 33.1 92,535,455 (±0.1 / ±418,686)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

242,499 ±1,423 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,230,527 ±4,131
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (578,365  ±975) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 5,897,417
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.3% ±0.4% (6,945  ±687) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 74,411 (±0.2% / ±2,305)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

293,936 ±383 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,459,650 ±710
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$167,300 ±$2,173 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $325,400 ±$1,055
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

15.7% ±0.6% (93,169  ±3,727.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 13.2% 789,073 (±0.2% / ±12,122.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

85.5% ±1.1% (360,476  ±4,517.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 90.6% 3,771,670 (±0.4% / ±14,657.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
32.9% ±0.7% (138,515  ±2,766.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,703,178 (±0.2% / ±9,435.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data

8.1% ±0.4% (48,580  ±2,314) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 15.2% 916,067 (±0.1% / ±8,524)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.5% ±0.3% (26,447  ±1,283) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 7.7% 357,261 (±0.1% / ±4,196)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
26,447 Total veterans ±1,283 23,235 Male ±1,173 3,212 Female ±404

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