Baltimore metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area in Maryland, United States
Greater Baltimore
Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD Map of Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD
MSA
Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD
MSA Other Areas in the Washington–Baltimore CSA
Country United States State Maryland Principal municipalities Baltimore Columbia Ellicott City Towson Glen Burnie Dundalk Annapolis 550 km2 (210 sq mi) 2,844,510 (20th ) • Urban
(19th ) • Urban density 401.1/km2 (1,038.9/sq mi) • CSA
9,973,383 (3rd ) MSA = 2020, • Metropolitan Statistical Area $241.4 billion (2022) Time zone UTC−5 (EST ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−4 (EDT )
The Baltimore–Columbia–Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area , also known as Central Maryland , is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in Maryland as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). It is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area . As of 2022, the combined population of the seven counties is 2,985,871, making it the 20th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the nation.
The area has the fourth-highest median household income in the United States , at $66,970 as of 2012.[ 2]
Composition
The area includes the following counties:[ 3] [ 4]
County
2021 estimate
2020 Census
Change
Area
Density
Baltimore County
849,316
854,535
−0.61%
598.30 sq mi (1,549.6 km2 )
2 )
Anne Arundel County
590,336
588,261
+0.35%
414.90 sq mi (1,074.6 km2 )
2 )
Baltimore City
576,498
585,708
−1.57%
80.94 sq mi (209.6 km2 )
2 )
Howard County
334,529
332,317
+0.67%
250.74 sq mi (649.4 km2 )
2 )
Harford County
262,977
260,924
+0.79%
437.09 sq mi (1,132.1 km2 )
2 )
Carroll County
173,873
172,891
+0.57%
447.59 sq mi (1,159.3 km2 )
2 )
Queen Anne's County
50,798
49,874
+1.85%
371.91 sq mi (963.2 km2 )
2 )
Total
2,838,327
2,844,510
−0.22%
2,601.47 sq mi (6,737.8 km2 )
2 )
Historical populations
Census Pop. Note %± 1820 96,201 — 1830 120,870 25.6% 1840 134,379 11.2% 1850 210,646 56.8% 1860 266,553 26.5% 1870 330,741 24.1% 1880 415,649 25.7% 1890 507,348 22.1% 1900 639,332 26.0% 1910 720,387 12.7% 1920 852,051 18.3% 1930 984,606 15.6% 1940 1,083,300 10.0% 1950 1,337,373 23.5% 1960 1,820,314 36.1% 1970 2,089,092 14.8% 1980 2,199,531 5.3% 1990 2,382,172 8.3% 2000 2,552,994 7.2% 2010 2,710,489 6.2% 2020 2,844,510 4.9% 2022 (est.) 2,835,672 −0.3%
Principal communities
The metropolitan area includes the following principal communities:[citation needed
It also includes several other communities (not necessarily incorporated as cities or towns):
In addition to its technical metropolitan area, Baltimore also receives a large number of commuters from cities such as York, Pennsylvania [ 9] Washington metropolitan area .
History
Companies in metropolitan Baltimore
Four Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in Greater Baltimore: Grace Chemicals in Columbia and Legg Mason , T. Rowe Price , and McCormick & Company in Hunt Valley .
Other companies headquartered in Greater Baltimore include AAI Corporation and Sinclair Broadcast Group in Hunt Valley and Adams Express Company , Brown Advisory , Alex Brown, First Home Mortgage Corporation, FTI Consulting, Petroleum & Resources Corporation , Prometric , Sylvan Learning , Laureate Education , Under Armour , DAP , DeBaufre Bakeries , Wm. T. Burnett & Co , Old Mutual Financial Network , Fila USA , and Firaxis Games in Sparks .
Government and infrastructure
The capital of Maryland and the agencies of the Maryland state government are located in the Baltimore MSA, mainly in Annapolis and Baltimore City. The area is also home to the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County, as well as the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Woodlawn in Baltimore County.
Presidential election results
Year
DEM
GOP
Others
2020 61.7% 878,185
35.7% 507,676
2.7% 38,014
2016 55.8% 733,718
37.9% 497,637
6.3% 83,046
2012 57.8% 746,052
39.8% 513,164
2.4% 31,212
2008 57.4% 725,858
40.7% 513,811
1.9% 24,189
2004 52.2% 602,806
46.5% 536,565
1.3% 15,019
2000 53.9% 529,648
42.6% 418,775
3.4% 33,713
1996 52.0% 449,711
39.8% 344,488
8.2% 71,112
1992 48.8% 489,922
35.8% 359,098
15.4% 154,849
1988 48.2% 417,858
51.1% 443,183
0.7% 6,268
Sports teams in metropolitan Baltimore
In Baltimore County :
In Anne Arundel County :
See also
Notes
^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (MSA)" . fred.stlouisfed.org .^ Noss, Amanda (September 2013). Household Income: 2012 (PDF) (Report). American Community Survey Briefs. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2017. ^ "Current Employment Statistics (CES) Metropolitan Area Definitions" . Bureau of Labor Statistics . November 14, 2005. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008.^ "MSA Bulletin 2003 Attachment, Revised 07/07/03" (PDF) . Office of Management and Budget .^ "U.S. Decennial Census" . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2014 .^ "Historical Census Browser" . University of Virginia Library. Retrieved May 18, 2014 .^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990" . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2014 .^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF) . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2014 .^ Berman, Dori (2006). "Commuter bus line may link York, Pa. and Hunt Valley" . The Daily Record. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008.
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Core cities are metropolitan core cities of at least a million people. The other areas are urban areas of cities that have an urban area of 150,000+ or of a metropolitan area of at least 250,000+. Satellite cities are in italics.
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