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Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area

2,808,175 Population
2,601.5 square miles 1,079.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,217 ±$603 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $39,960 ±$384
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$77,394 ±$1,431 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $80,776 ±$707
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

10.2% ±0.5% (278,750  ±14,367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.3% 549,171 (±0.4% / ±21,371)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

31.5 minutes ±0.4 (42,096,630  ±603,962) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 33.4 97,097,840 (±0.2 / ±769,825)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

1,053,386 ±6,281 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,207,343 ±8,135
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0 (2,740,095  ±4,169) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.7 5,911,516 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.4% ±0.4% (36,261  ±2,979) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 74,868 (±0.3% / ±4,386)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

1,160,769 ±1,632 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,449,123 ±302
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$297,300 ±$3,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $312,500 ±$2,817
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

12.9% ±0.6% (357,872  ±15,990) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 13.7% 819,657 (±0.4% / ±24,430.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90.5% ±1% (1,760,695  ±19,912.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 89.9% 3,747,595 (±0.7% / ±28,021.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
39.5% ±0.7% (768,433  ±12,763.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 39.7% 1,652,580 (±0.4% / ±18,187.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

13% ±0.4% (342,010  ±11,499.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 19.1% 1,084,339 (±0.3% / ±16,636.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

11% ±0.4% (308,001  ±10,533) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 15.3% 927,936 (±0.3% / ±17,540)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

8% ±0.3% (174,953  ±6,793) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 7.9% 369,845 (±0.2% / ±9,356)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
174,953 Total veterans ±6,793 154,947 Male ±6,175 20,006 Female ±2,622

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