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Montgomery County (South)--Bethesda, Potomac & North Bethesda PUMA, MD

190,145 Population
56.9 square miles 3,343.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$93,319 ±$2,604 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $43,352 ±$217
  • more than double the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$157,809 ±$3,903 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Maryland: $87,063 ±$391
  • more than double the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

4.2% ±0.6% (7,897  ±1,073) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9% 531,553 (±0.2% / ±8,805)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

31.2 minutes ±1.3 (2,544,325  ±68,607) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 33.1 92,535,455 (±0.1 / ±418,686)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

75,371 ±1,341 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,230,527 ±4,131
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (187,723  ±3,863) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 5,897,417
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

3.8% ±0.6% (1,589  ±268) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 74,411 (±0.2% / ±2,305)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

79,802 ±1,327 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,459,650 ±710
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$882,600 ±$11,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $325,400 ±$1,055
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.7% ±1% (27,774  ±1,908.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 13.2% 789,073 (±0.2% / ±12,122.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

96.8% ±0.9% (130,792  ±2,486.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 90.6% 3,771,670 (±0.4% / ±14,657.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
82.1% ±1% (111,023  ±2,294.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,703,178 (±0.2% / ±9,435.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

30.4% ±2.3% (54,900  ±4,324.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 19% 1,078,783 (±0.2% / ±8,301.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

25.2% ±1.1% (47,907  ±2,286) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 15.2% 916,067 (±0.1% / ±8,524)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.2% ±0.4% (7,614  ±578) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 7.7% 357,261 (±0.1% / ±4,196)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
7,614 Total veterans ±578 6,651 Male ±496 963 Female ±209

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