Howard County vs. Prince George's County

	Howard County (MD)	Prince George's County (MD)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	323,196	909,327
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	12.6%	5.2%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	287,123	864,029
Persons under 5 years, percent	5.9%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent	24.4%	22.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	13.8%	13.9%
Female persons, percent	51.1%	51.9%
White alone, percent	56.6%	27.1%
Black or African American alone, percent	20.0%	64.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	0.4%	1.2%
Asian alone, percent	19.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.1%	0.2%
Two or More Races, percent	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	7.1%	19.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	51.1%	12.3%
Veterans, 2014-2018	17,597	55,843
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	21.1%	22.4%
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	73.2%	62.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$448,000	$287,800
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$2,560	$2,033
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$830	$663
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$1,690	$1,434
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	24.7%	32.5%
Households, 2014-2018	112,966	308,849
Persons per household, 2014-2018	2.77	2.87
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	86.7%	85.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	25.5%	25.6%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	96.5%	93.5%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	93.2%	85.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	95.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	61.4%	32.7%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	4.7%	6.4%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	3.9%	11.1%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	71.1%	71.2%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	66.2%	67.5%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	610,885	1,685,461
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)	1,406,355	3,126,368
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)	1,538,172	2,216,764
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)	9,266,672	7,639,806
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	4,867,692	9,358,060
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$16,257	$10,620
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	31.3	37.0
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$117,730	$81,969
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$52,586	$35,869
Persons in poverty, percent	5.2%	8.3%
All firms, 2012	30,457	77,204
Men-owned firms, 2012	15,977	37,899
Women-owned firms, 2012	10,839	34,395
Minority-owned firms, 2012	10,464	59,172
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	18,522	16,219
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	2,596	7,644
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	26,031	67,290
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	14.9%	54.5%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.6%	0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	13.5%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	2.6%	8.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	30.1%	37.8%

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between Howard county (MD) and Prince George's county (MD) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.