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Congressional District 5, MD

805,367 Population
1,516.8 square miles 531 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,689 ±$1,771 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$128,699 ±$3,531 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.5% ±0.8% (43,831  ±6,693) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

37.4 minutes ±0.9 (12,976,710  ±516,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

289,123 ±5,275 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0 (790,590  ±14,854) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1% (9,744  ±1,811) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

306,775 ±4,856 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$477,500 ±$7,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.6% ±1.1% (76,355  ±9,187.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.4% ±1.7% (531,077  ±13,221.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.1% ±1.3% (242,267  ±8,600.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

11.5% ±0.9% (86,094  ±6,609.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 21.1% 1,232,007 (±0.2% / ±11,123.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

9.4% ±0.9% (75,797  ±7,347) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11% ±0.7% (66,663  ±4,561) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
66,663 Total veterans ±4,561 54,440 Male ±3,643 12,223 Female ±1,928

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