County · Maryland

Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 64 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,141 of 3,143 US counties. Within Maryland it ranks #15 of 24 counties. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), access to exercise opportunities (high) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), property crime rate (high) and high ozone days (high).

64High

Quality-of-life score: #1,141 of 3,143 counties
Maryland: #15 of 24 in MD
Population: 847,650 (2025)
Land area: 598 mi²
Density: 1,416.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 24005

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety23#2,373/3,096
Economy80#630/3,143
Housing6#2,941/3,140
Health81#586/3,144
Healthcare95#160/3,143
Environment36#1,996/3,108
Education66#1,084/3,144
Infrastructure85#463/3,144
Community51#1,539/3,144
Leisure & amenities68#1,022/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Baltimore County, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low1.2
99/100Maryland 4.72025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Access to exercise opportunities · high97.0%
96/100Maryland 92.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high2.5%
96/100Maryland 4.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Suicide rate · low12.3 /100k
94/100Maryland 10.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Bachelor's degree or higher · high42.3%
94/100Maryland 43.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an emergency room · low3.5 mi
93/100Maryland 4.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high230 min
4/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Property crime rate · high2,412 /100k
4/100Maryland 1,820 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
High ozone days · high5 days
4/100Maryland 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Rent-burdened households · high54.2%
8/100Maryland 51.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
9/100Maryland 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Rent as share of income · high32.2%
10/100Maryland 30.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 65% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+65 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.6% (2020 & 2021) → 33.6% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New homes permittedImproving
1.2 /1k (2021) → 1.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+61%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
53.0 /100k (2021) → 21.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−59%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
12.8 /100k (2021) → 5.8 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
23.2% (Dec 2021) → 32.7% (Aug 2026)
+9.5 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Baltimore County, Maryland improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 11 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Grocery stores+22%1.6 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Commute−1.8 min29.8 min → 28.0 min
Arts & recreation+26%3.6 /10k → 4.6 /10k
Restaurants+14%5.8 /10k → 6.6 /10k
Overdose deaths−56%49.5 /100k → 21.9 /100k

Declined5

Transit use−2.1 points4.6% → 2.5%
Property crime+23%1,963 /100k → 2,412 /100k
Rent / income+2.4 points29.8% → 32.2%
Rent burden+4.7 points49.5% → 54.2%
Price / income+0.4×3.4× → 3.8×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Baltimore County, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+26%	Improved	78%
Average commute time	29.8 min2015-2019	28.0 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Improved	87%
Average weekly wage	$1,2192020	$1,4262025	+17%	Improved	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%2015-2019	42.3%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	54%
Broadband subscriptions	86.3%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	11%
Child poverty rate	11.0%2019	10.2%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	15 mi2020	15 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	49.5 /100k2020	21.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−56%	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	1.10%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	56%
Firearm deaths	13.4 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−10%	Within the margin of error	65%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	87%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	48%
Homicide rate	9.4 /100k2020	5.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Improved	62%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,3022019	$75,5632024	+30%	Improved	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4582020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$76,9722019	$87,8652024	+14%	Improved	7%
New business applications	16.2 /1k2020	16.3 /1k2025	+0.7%	Little change	9%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	8.9%2019	9.3%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Property crime rate	1,963 /100k2020	2,412 /100k2025	+23%	Declined	5%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−6.6%	Within the margin of error	19%
Public transit commuters	4.6%2015-2019	2.5%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Declined	8%
Rent as share of income	29.8%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Declined	24%
Rent-burdened households	49.5%2015-2019	54.2%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Declined	27%
Restaurants and bars	5.8 /10k2020	6.6 /10k2025	+14%	Improved	78%
Students per teacher	15.1×2019	15.0×2024	−0.1×	Little change	28%
Suicide rate	11.1 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	34%
Traffic deaths	8.2 /100k2015-2019	8.8 /100k2020-2024	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	4.0%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2019	6.9%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	463 /100k2020	408 /100k2025	−12%	Improved	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Baltimore County, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Baltimore County, Maryland in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Baltimore County, Maryland itself moved −1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

850,796 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

332,801 households (±1,226)

Baltimore County, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k12%38,771
$25k–50k15%48,967
$50k–75k15%48,430

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

332,801 households (±1,226)

Baltimore County, Maryland
Maryland share

Own66%220,908
Rent34%111,893

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

421,668 workers (±3,105)

Baltimore County, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone69%292,861
Carpool7.8%32,848
Public transit2.5%10,588

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Baltimore County has 20,340 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Maryland's), with 340,854 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,263. The Census Bureau also counts 87,453 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,340; 87,453 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 340,854
Average annual pay: $65,263; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Baltimore County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,109	24.9	1.20×About typical	28,896	$70,051	6,615
Restaurants and other eating places	1,449	17.1	0.93×About typical	26,491	$23,380	584
Specialty trade contractors	1,182	14	0.90×About typical	18,164	$71,851	3,705
Lessors of real estate	970	11.5	0.93×About typical	6,150	$76,401	8,058
Limited-service restaurants	822	9.7	1.21×About typical	13,157	$21,466	332
Construction of buildings	646	7.6	1.01×About typical	4,849	$90,137	1,983
Legal services	622	7.3	1.37×More than typical	3,203	$91,314	805
Offices of physicians	600	7.1	1.09×About typical	7,415	$92,159	860
Services to buildings and dwellings	580	6.9	1.02×About typical	5,890	$39,481	3,599
Offices of other health practitioners	566	6.7	1.10×About typical	6,569	$70,663	2,348
Building equipment contractors	483	5.7	0.95×About typical	9,389	$78,139	773
Management, scientific and technical consulting	473	5.6	0.83×About typical	4,364	$103,458	3,122

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 846,378 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.3B on contracts performed in Baltimore County, Maryland: $2,727 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $2.3B; −6.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,727; US $1,995
Sole-source: 7.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 19%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$1.9B81%
Department of the Navy$184.5M8.0%
Public Buildings Service$39.3M1.7%
Department of the Army$37.2M1.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$32.2M1.4%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$24.3M1.1%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$23.4M1.0%
Drug Enforcement Administration$13M0.6%

Top recipients

GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$474M21%
INDEX ANALYTICS LLC$155.1M6.7%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$98.7M4.3%
SPARKSOFT CORPORATION$89.2M3.9%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$80.3M3.5%

Spending by fiscal year

3.1BFY2017
4.4BFY2018
3.9BFY2019
6.2BFY2020
3.3BFY2021
3.1BFY2022
2.7BFY2023
2.5B

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.5B66%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$236.8M10%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$140.5M6.1%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$124.9M5.4%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$46.2M2.0%

Largest awards

BASIC AWARD$5B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Baltimore County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 13, 2016 – May 27, 2026· N0002411C2300
MMSC DETAILED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION$3.4B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Baltimore County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 2, 2018 – Jun 10, 2026· N0002418C2301
CONSTRUCTION OF LCS FLIGHT 0+ SHIP$1.6B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Baltimore County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 6, 2017 – Jun 11, 2026· N0002418C2300
THE CLOUD PRODUCTS AND TOOLS (CPT) CONTRACT IS USED TO PROVIDE CLOUD-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE FROM COMMERCIAL CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS (CSP) SUCH AS MICROSOFT AZURE GOVERNMENT (MAG) AND AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS), AS WELL AS SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, TOOLS, PROF

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Baltimore County, Maryland: $7,115 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $6B; −2.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,115; US $12,957
Loan face value: $611M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.4B56%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$429.6M7.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$339.8M5.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$302.1M5.0%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$275.3M4.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$274.2M4.5%
20.271 · Emergency Relief (ER) Program$254.9M4.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$154.5M2.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$307M5.1%
BALTIMORE, MD
BALTIMORE COUNTY MARYLAND$105.8M1.8%
TOWSON, MD
TOWSON UNIVERSITY$46.3M0.8%
TOWSON, MD
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$40.8M0.7%
BALTIMORE, MD
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$4.1B69%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$818.9M14%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$351.6M5.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$310.6M5.1%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

5.8BFY2021
4.8BFY2022
5.3BFY2023
5.7BFY2024
6.2BFY2025
6BFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Baltimore County, Maryland compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Baltimore County, Maryland
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
FY2017	$3,700	$1,436
FY2018	$5,332	$1,552
FY2019	$4,757	$1,654
FY2020	$7,216	$1,880
FY2021	$3,905	$1,810
FY2022	$3,630	$1,917
FY2023	$3,231	$2,079
FY2024	$2,965	$2,047
FY2025	$2,928	$2,165
FY2026	$2,727 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
FY2017	$43.88	$93.28
FY2018	$67.17	$105
FY2019	$165	$128
FY2020	$93.67	$145
FY2021	$57.18	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$5,797	$5,748
FY2022	$4,424	$5,221
FY2023	$4,181	$5,364
FY2024	$4,024	$5,501
FY2025	$3,873	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$91.84	$298
FY2022	$112	$357
FY2023	$97.34	$301
FY2024	$165	$319
FY2025	$120	$360
FY2026	$371

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$138	$239
FY2022	$126	$185
FY2023	$176	$229
FY2024	$171	$229
FY2025	$167	$249
FY2026	$162

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$277	$2,304
FY2022	$146	$2,197
FY2023	$172	$2,274
FY2024	$212	$2,267
FY2025	$207	$2,397
FY2026	$81.54

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$1,201	$1,186
FY2022	$518	$465
FY2023	$64.71	$76.52
FY2024	$162	$120
FY2025	$88.84	$148
FY2026	$301

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Baltimore County, Maryland
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Baltimore County, Maryland and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	1.1%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/24005

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Baltimore County, Maryland is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Angela D. Alsobrooks

Metro area

The metro or micro area Baltimore County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD69Central county

Cities and towns in Baltimore County

Places whose residents live mostly in Baltimore County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	−3.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.5%	+6.8%
2019	+8.6%	+10.5%
2020	+19.3%	+19.4%
2021	+23.2%	+26.1%
2022	+26.7%	+30.6%
2023	+29.1%	+35.0%
2024	+33.7%	+41.0%
2025	+39.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	−4.3%	−5.5%
2015	−1.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+6.7%	+8.9%
2019	+12.4%	+13.5%
2020	+18.6%	+20.8%
2021	+25.1%	+32.1%
2022	+30.0%	+35.4%
2023	+39.7%	+42.9%
2024	+46.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	1.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	−6.3%	−6.9%
2015	−5.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.4%	+4.7%
2018	+4.9%	+7.5%
2019	+6.5%	+14.0%
2020	+10.6%	+16.9%
2021	+10.9%	+21.0%
2022	+19.2%	+29.7%
2023	+20.1%	+34.9%
2024	+21.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	−4.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+28.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+34.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+38.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+43.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+45.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	6.0%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	4.6%	4.9%
2017	4.3%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	6.7%	8.1%
2021	5.3%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	2.4%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	9.8%	15.5%
2015	9.1%	14.7%
2016	9.0%	14.0%
2017	8.3%	13.4%
2018	9.9%	13.1%
2019	8.9%	12.3%
2020	8.9%	11.9%
2021	9.8%	12.8%
2022	11.0%	12.6%
2023	9.8%	12.5%
2024	9.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2015	−1.1% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.3% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.8% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.9% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.4% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+29.1% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+30.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+36.2% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+41.8% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	8.4%	13.5%
2015	6.8%	10.9%
2016	6.5%	10.0%
2017	6.1%	10.2%
2018	6.2%	10.4%
2019	6.9%	10.8%
2020	6.5%	10.4%
2021	6.4%	10.2%
2022	6.0%	9.5%
2023	6.4%	9.5%
2024	6.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Baltimore County, Maryland	United States
2014	9.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	9.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	13.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	12.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	16.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	19.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	16.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	16.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	16.3/1k	16.6/1k

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