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Baltimore, MD

602,495 Population
80.9 square miles 7,443.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,433 ±$972 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $40,878 ±$580
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $41,522 ±$420
$51,000 ±$1,530 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $80,469 ±$1,032
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $83,242 ±$1,022

18.4% ±1.7% (107,073  ±9,895) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 10.1% 275,066 (±0.6% / ±15,233)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9% 528,203 (±0.4% / ±21,054)

31.6 minutes ±1 (8,508,160  ±319,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 31.8 42,467,235 (±0.3 / ±541,861)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 33.3 96,797,100 (±0.2 / ±816,106)

Families

237,204 ±3,359 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,054,226 ±5,820
  • Maryland: 2,215,935 ±9,432
2.4 ±0 (578,954  ±2,626) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.6 2,734,841 (±0 / ±3,546)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.7 5,902,271 (±0)

3.7% ±0.7% (5,919  ±1,169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 4.6% † 30,781 (±0.5% / ±3,458)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5% 72,172 (±0.4% / ±5,146)

Housing

293,633 ±1,076 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,164,143 ±1,409
  • Maryland: 2,458,779 ±362

$167,800 ±$4,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $308,500 ±$3,931
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $324,800 ±$2,183

16.3% ±1.5% (96,812  ±8,821.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 14% 387,646 (±0.7% / ±18,703.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 14.1% 840,605 (±0.4% / ±25,285.9)

Social

85.9% ±2.3% (361,875  ±9,861.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 91.2% 1,772,190 (±1.1% / ±20,528.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 90.5% 3,771,208 (±0.7% / ±30,684.6)
33.1% ±1.4% (139,627  ±5,940.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 41.2% 801,401 (±0.7% / ±13,151.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 40.8% 1,700,695 (±0.5% / ±19,915.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

7.9% ±0.8% (47,753  ±4,641) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 10.4% 290,528 (±0.4% / ±11,072)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 15.2% 915,191 (±0.3% / ±16,828)

6.4% ±0.5% (30,698  ±2,592) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 7.9% 171,277 (±0.3% / ±6,303)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 7.8% 363,178 (±0.2% / ±8,835)
30,698 Total veterans ±2,592 26,585 Male ±2,368 4,113 Female ±1,136

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