Howard County, Maryland (MD)

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• • 162,27049.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 63,61319.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 60,11918.5%Asian alone
  • 23,8827.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 13,1254.0%Two or more races
  • 1,6200.5%Some other race alone
  • 9330.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1280.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $622,278

Here:	$622,278
State:	$437,771

Townhouses or other attached units: $379,807

Here:	$379,807
State:	$269,747

In 2-unit structures: $448,281

Here:	$448,281
State:	$230,954

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $327,321

Here:	$327,321
State:	$223,665

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $250,894

Here:	$250,894
State:	$264,568

Mobile homes: $44,802

Here:	$44,802
State:	$89,075

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

Health of residents in Howard County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Howard County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $6,199 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $5,969 (1.3%)

Area name: Baltimore-Towson, MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Howard County is $791 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $950 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1220 a month.

Cities in this county include: Columbia, Ellicott City, Scaggsville, Ilchester, Elkridge, North Laurel, Savage-Guilford, Savage, Fulton, Highland.

2018 air pollution in Howard County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.267 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.02 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 9.2 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Brown County, Illinois , Lincoln County, Nevada , Mesa County, Colorado , Jefferson County, Missouri , Lincoln County, Kansas , Ross County, Ohio , Sullivan County, Indiana .

Current college students: 16,025
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 64.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 68,142 (59.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 15,8612010 or later
• 21,0292000 to 2009
• 13,8021990 to 1999
• 8,1721980 to 1989
• 5,0151970 to 1979
• 3,554Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 38.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 63,551
• One, attached: 25,080
• Two: 484
• 3 or 4: 1,622
• 5 to 9: 6,708
• 10 to 19: 13,404
• 20 to 49: 3,474
• 50 or more: 7,149
• Mobile homes: 1,119

Housing units in Howard County with a mortgage: 64,271 (1,969 second mortgage, 8,663 home equity loan, 503 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20,417

Religion statistics for Howard County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Howard County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Maryland Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4491-MD: March 26, 2020, FEMA Id: 4491, Natural disaster type: Other
• Maryland Severe Storm And Flooding, Incident Period: May 27, 2018 - May 28, 2018, FEMA Id: 4376, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maryland Severe Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: July 30, 2016 to July 31, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4279: September 16, 2016, FEMA Id: 4279, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maryland Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 22, 2016 to January 23, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4261: March 04, 2016, FEMA Id: 4261, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Maryland Snow Storm, Incident Period: February 12, 2014 to February 13, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4170: April 10, 2014, FEMA Id: 4170, Natural disaster type: Storm, Snow
• Maryland Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3349: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3349, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 04, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4091: November 20, 2012, FEMA Id: 4091, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 06, 2011 to September 09, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4038: October 05, 2011, FEMA Id: 4038, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Maryland Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3335: August 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3335, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms, Incident Period: February 05, 2010 to February 11, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1910: May 06, 2010, FEMA Id: 1910, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.97% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($85,610 average adjusted gross income)

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,031 average AGI)

Howard County:	0.10%
Maryland average:	0.09%

5.72% relocated from other counties in Maryland ($56,260 average AGI)
3.14% relocated from other states ($28,320 average AGI)

Howard County:	3.14%
Maryland average:	3.22%

from Baltimore County, MD	1.21% ($78,145 average AGI)
from Prince George's County, MD	1.09% ($61,515)
from Anne Arundel County, MD	1.06% ($74,966)
from Montgomery County, MD	0.97% ($162,619)
from Baltimore city, MD	0.79% ($71,268)
from Carroll County, MD	0.22% ($96,690)
from Fairfax County, VA	0.15% ($83,804)

8.89% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($83,524 average adjusted gross income)

0.14% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,371 average AGI)

Howard County:	0.14%
Maryland average:	0.10%

5.14% relocated to other counties in Maryland ($42,474 average AGI)
3.61% relocated to other states ($39,678 average AGI)

Howard County:	3.61%
Maryland average:	3.70%

to Anne Arundel County, MD	1.17% ($84,036 average AGI)
to Baltimore County, MD	1.11% ($61,598)
to Prince George's County, MD	0.66% ($53,160)
to Montgomery County, MD	0.66% ($79,049)
to Baltimore city, MD	0.61% ($68,581)
to Carroll County, MD	0.38% ($77,822)
to Frederick County, MD	0.24% ($78,339)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 4.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 4.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 5.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 2.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Howard County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 62,497 (12,646 living alone), Female householders: 53,275 (13,876 living alone)

• 67,889 spouses (67,168 opposite-sex spouses), 5,160 unmarried partners, (5,160 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 111,402 children (106,227 natural, 2,858 adopted, 2,317 stepchildren), 4,013 grandchildren, 2,925 brothers or sisters, 6,323 parents, 0 foster children, 2,941 other relatives, 6,442 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,823

Size of family households: 32,260 2-persons, 17,409 3-persons, 23,288 4-persons, 6,308 5-persons, 3,293 6-persons, 1,506 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 26,522 1-person, 4,708 2-persons, 358 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 92 5-persons.

62,437 married couples with children.
11,987 single-parent households (1,736 men, 10,251 women).

75.4% of residents of Howard speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
10.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,239,365,000 ($4,646 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $366,422,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $468,153,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $113,156,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $936,000
Federal grants: $122,224,000
Federal procurement contracts: $466,355,000 ($294,013,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $68,541,000 ($10,387,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $428,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $230,712,000
Federal Government insurance: $66,218,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Howard County, Maryland
• 7,1662014 or later
• 6,4902010 to 2013
• 16,7092000 to 2009
• 25,6271990 to 1999
• 28,1141980 to 1989
• 20,7821970 to 1979
• 9,3891960 to 1969
• 4,3521950 to 1959
• 1,4011940 to 1949
• 2,5611939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Howard County, Maryland

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Howard County, Maryland
• 1051 room
• 2542 rooms
• 1,4933 rooms
• 2,9194 rooms
• 6,3935 rooms
• 12,3116 rooms
• 12,4327 rooms
• 11,9948 rooms
• 36,7879+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Howard County, Maryland
• 1,0751 room
• 1,5872 rooms
• 6,9053 rooms
• 8,4794 rooms
• 5,9485 rooms
• 4,0566 rooms
• 9847 rooms
• 9828 rooms
• 1,0689+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Howard County, Maryland

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Howard County, Maryland
• 105no bedroom
• 4941 bedroom
• 8,9612 bedrooms
• 28,6293 bedrooms
• 32,7734 bedrooms
• 13,7265+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Howard County, Maryland
• 1,154no bedroom
• 7,5041 bedroom
• 15,0082 bedrooms
• 4,7823 bedrooms
• 2,2574 bedrooms
• 3795+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Howard County, Maryland in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Howard County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,087no vehicle
• 16,9411 vehicle
• 41,8712 vehicles
• 15,8403 vehicles
• 6,5164 vehicles
• 2,4335+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Howard County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,688no vehicle
• 15,7201 vehicle
• 9,8692 vehicles
• 1,6383 vehicles
• 574 vehicles
• 1125+ vehicles

87.1% of Howard County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Maryland.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 133,047
• Other state: 117,645
• Northeast: 43,592
• Midwest: 17,858
• South: 46,421
• West: 9,774

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,293
• Number of aged recipients: 783
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,510
• Number of recipients under 18: 242
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,064
• Number of recipients older than 64: 987
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 585
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,038

Howard County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #73 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #93 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"