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Baltimore metropolitan area

FieldValue
nameGreater Baltimore
official_nameBaltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD
Metropolitan Statistical Area
settlement_typeMetropolitan Statistical Area
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image1Inner Harbor Aerial 2022.jpg
caption1The Inner Harbor skyline
image2Aerial View of Columbia, MD.jpg
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subdivision_name1[[File:Flag of Maryland.svgborder23px]] Maryland
subdivision_type3Principal municipalities
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Columbia
Ellicott City
Towson
Glen Burnie
Dundalk
Annapolis
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Metropolitan Statistical Area Columbia Ellicott City Towson Glen Burnie Dundalk Annapolis CSA = 2020, Urban & Densities = 2010

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.

Composition

The area includes the following counties:{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/ro3/fax_9599.htm|title=Current Employment Statistics (CES) Metropolitan Area Definitions|publisher=Bureau of Labor Statistics|date=November 14, 2005|archive-date=September 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907045332/https://www.bls.gov/ro3/fax_9599.htm

  • Anne Arundel County
  • Baltimore City
  • Baltimore County
  • Carroll County
  • Harford County
  • Howard County
  • Queen Anne's County
County2021 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensity
Baltimore County598.30 sqmi
Anne Arundel County414.90 sqmi
Baltimore City80.94 sqmi
Howard County250.74 sqmi
Harford County437.09 sqmi
Carroll County447.59 sqmi
Queen Anne's County371.91 sqmi
Total2601.47 sqmi

1790–1960 1900–1990 1990–2000

Principal communities

The metropolitan area includes the following principal communities:

  • Baltimore
  • Columbia
  • Towson It also includes several other communities (not necessarily incorporated as cities or towns):
  • Aberdeen
  • Annapolis
  • Bel Air
  • Catonsville
  • Dundalk
  • Eldersburg
  • Ellicott City
  • Edgewood
  • Glen Burnie
  • Hanover
  • Havre de Grace
  • Jessup
  • Joppatowne
  • Nottingham
  • Owings Mills
  • Perry Hall
  • Westminster In addition to its technical metropolitan area, Baltimore also receives a large number of commuters from cities such as York, Pennsylvania and the 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.

YearDEMGOPOthers
202459.9% 852,36936.7% 521,3843.4% 48,867
202061.7% 878,18535.6% 507,6762.7% 38,014
201655.8% 733,71837.9% 497,6376.3% 83,046
201257.8% 746,05239.8% 513,1642.4% 31,212
200857.4% 725,85840.7% 513,8111.9% 24,189
200452.2% 602,80646.5% 536,5651.3% 15,019
200053.9% 529,64842.6% 418,7753.4% 33,713
199652.0% 449,71139.8% 344,4888.2% 71,112
199248.8% 489,92235.8% 359,09815.4% 154,849
198848.2% 417,85851.1% 443,1830.7% 6,268

Sports teams in metropolitan Baltimore

Main article: Sports in Baltimore

  • Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (since 1954)
  • Baltimore Ravens of National Football League (since 1996)
  • Maryland Whipsnakes of Premier Lacrosse League (since 2024)
  • Baltimore Burn of Women's Spring Football League (since 2001)
  • Baltimore Nighthawks of the Independent Women's Football League (since 2008)
  • Charm City Roller Girls of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (since 2006)
  • Coppin State Eagles
  • Johns Hopkins Blue Jays competes in Division I for men's and women's lacrosse only
  • Loyola Greyhounds
  • Morgan State Bears

In Baltimore County:

  • Towson Tigers in Towson
  • UMBC Retrievers in Catonsville
  • Baltimore Blast of the Major Arena Soccer League (since 2014)

In Anne Arundel County:

  • Navy Midshipmen in Annapolis
  • Maryland Black Bears in Odenton

Notes

References

  1. "Total Gross Domestic Product for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (MSA)".
  2. Noss, Amanda. (September 2013). "Household Income: 2012". American Community Survey Briefs.
  3. "MSA Bulletin 2003 Attachment, Revised 07/07/03". [[Office of Management and Budget]].
  4. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau.
  5. "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library.
  6. "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau.
  7. "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau.
  8. Berman, Dori. (2006). "Commuter bus line may link York, Pa. and Hunt Valley". The Daily Record.
Wikipedia Source

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