Baltimore County, Maryland

• White (non-Hispanic) 435,113 51.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 66,062 7.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 256,262 30.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 51,965 6.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 34,898 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 942 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 210 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5,344 0.6%

• Under 18 185,984 21.9%
• 18–24 75,403 8.9%
• 25–44 221,680 26.1%
• 45–64 213,360 25.1%
• 65 and over 154,369 18.1%

Median household income

$87,865

90% interval $84,043–$91,687

−$14,970 vs MD · 13th of 24

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 8.2%–10.4%

+0.1 pp vs MD · 13th of 24

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$73.1B

13.39% of state

Avg. annual pay

$74,175

Establishments

23,818

• Education & health services 109,146 29.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 71,410 19.3%
• Professional & business services 53,458 14.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 33,737 9.1%
• Construction 24,600 6.7%
• Financial activities 23,737 6.4%
• Public administration 15,636 4.2%
• Information 519 0.1%
• Unclassified 9 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 89.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.4%

−1.2 pp vs MD · 19th of 24

Median gross rent

$1,627

−$78 vs MD · 9th of 24

Owner-occupied

220,908

Renter-occupied

111,893

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $131,573/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $41,451/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 249,958 61.0%
• Republican 149,560 36.5%
• Other / third-party 10,293 2.5%

• Spanish 39,803 5.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6,654 0.8%
• Chinese 6,376 0.8%
• Tagalog 5,490 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5,040 0.6%
• Arabic 3,834 0.5%
• Korean 3,191 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 2,330 0.3%
• Vietnamese 2,219 0.3%

Households

332,801

Family households

210,078

63.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

55,375

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

22,780

10.8% of families

Veterans

38,652

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 95,094 11.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 72,451 8.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 67,420 7.9%
• Mainline Protestant 38,599 4.5%
• Black Protestant 19,766 2.3%
• Orthodox 2,819 0.3%

Health insured

94.6%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

5.4%

±0.3 pp

11th of 24

With a disability

12.1%

±0.3 pp

13th of 24

Bachelor's or higher

42.3%

±0.7 pp

−1.1 pp vs MD · 5th of 24

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.4%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

24 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Court of Maryland judges (limited jurisdiction, no jury trials) separate. Vintage 2026 mdcourts.gov; counts approximate statutory allocations per Md. Code Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 1-503.)

Court seats

Bel Air, Towson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

74

11.13 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

73