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Baltimore, MD

576,498 Population
80.9 square miles 7,122 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$35,091 ±$833 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $46,036 ±$891
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $46,500 ±$509
$54,652 ±$2,233 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $86,302 ±$1,862
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $90,203 ±$1,065

23% ±1.9% (127,135  ±10,485) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 10.7% 296,128 (±0.6% / ±17,558)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 10.3% 618,372 (±0.4% / ±24,989)

27.3 minutes ±0.8 (5,471,735  ±272,174) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 27.7 30,427,696 (±0.4 / ±610,536)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 29.3 67,981,576 (±0.2 / ±930,492)

Families

254,370 ±3,581 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,117,510 ±4,973
  • Maryland: 2,355,652 ±6,143
2.2 ±0 (552,153  ±3,645) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,768,961 (±0 / ±5,168)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,027,375 (±0)

5.7% ±1.2% (8,659  ±1,771) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 5.2% 35,245 (±0.5% / ±3,490)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,893 (±0.4% / ±5,218)

Housing

293,487 ±1,685 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,196,208 ±2,172
  • Maryland: 2,546,364 ±423

$193,100 ±$7,340 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $351,200 ±$3,900
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $370,800 ±$2,525

13.2% ±1.2% (74,829  ±6,758) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.2% 313,799 (±0.6% / ±16,747.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 712,481 (±0.5% / ±27,661.5)

Social

88.8% ±2.4% (360,510  ±9,746.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.3% 1,821,657 (±1.1% / ±21,607.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.1% 3,892,442 (±0.7% / ±31,482.8)
37.7% ±1.6% (153,089  ±6,351.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 42.9% 845,797 (±0.7% / ±13,997.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 42.6% 1,818,202 (±0.5% / ±21,033.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

8% ±1.1% (46,067  ±6,217) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11% 312,703 (±0.4% / ±10,580)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 15.9% 979,051 (±0.3% / ±17,853)

5.2% ±0.6% (23,649  ±2,650) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 7.1% 156,010 (±0.4% / ±7,595)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,591 (±0.2% / ±8,749)
23,649 Total veterans ±2,650 20,756 Male ±2,479 2,893 Female ±1,008

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