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Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area

2,800,053 Population
2,601.5 square miles 1,076.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$43,139 ±$682 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $43,325 ±$422
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$83,160 ±$1,702 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $86,738 ±$934
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

9.5% ±0.6% (258,075  ±16,582) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 9% 532,241 (±0.4% / ±20,417)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

31.7 minutes ±0.3 (42,277,795  ±613,481) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 33.7 97,843,620 (±0.2 / ±961,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

1,062,901 ±6,358 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,226,767 ±9,709
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0 (2,729,855  ±4,011) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.7 5,905,181 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5% ±0.5% (33,304  ±3,536) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 73,824 (±0.4% / ±4,997)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

1,169,780 ±1,632 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,470,307 ±296
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$313,200 ±$4,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $332,500 ±$2,266
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

12.6% ±0.6% (347,347  ±17,188.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 12.6% 755,239 (±0.4% / ±24,413.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.6% ±1.2% (1,783,810  ±22,529.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 90.4% 3,781,706 (±0.7% / ±31,099.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
41.9% ±0.7% (815,619  ±14,135.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,710,230 (±0.5% / ±20,019)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

12.8% ±0.5% (338,365  ±12,895.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 19.4% 1,104,357 (±0.4% / ±21,386.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

10.3% ±0.5% (289,368  ±12,991) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 15.4% 929,431 (±0.3% / ±20,049)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.7% ±0.3% (167,846  ±5,974) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 7.5% 350,423 (±0.2% / ±8,933)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
167,846 Total veterans ±5,974 145,093 Male ±5,529 22,753 Female ±2,424

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