Prince George's County vs. Howard County

Prince George's County (MD)Howard County (MD)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)909,327323,196
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)5.2%12.6%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)864,029287,123
Persons under 5 years, percent6.5%5.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent22.1%24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent13.9%13.8%
Female persons, percent51.9%51.1%
White alone, percent27.1%56.6%
Black or African American alone, percent64.4%20.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent1.2%0.4%
Asian alone, percent4.4%19.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent0.2%0.1%
Two or More Races, percent2.7%3.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent19.5%7.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent12.3%51.1%
Veterans, 2014-201855,84317,597
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-201822.4%21.1%
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-201862.0%73.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018$287,800$448,000
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018$2,033$2,560
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018$663$830
Median gross rent, 2014-2018$1,434$1,690
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-201332.5%24.7%
Households, 2014-2018308,849112,966
Persons per household, 2014-20182.872.77
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-201885.3%86.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-201825.6%25.5%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-201893.5%96.5%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-201885.5%93.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-201886.5%95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-201832.7%61.4%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-20186.4%4.7%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent11.1%3.9%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-201871.2%71.1%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-201867.5%66.2%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)1,685,461610,885
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)3,126,3681,406,355
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)2,216,7641,538,172
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)7,639,8069,266,672
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)9,358,0604,867,692
Total retail sales per capita, 2012$10,620$16,257
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-201837.031.3
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018$81,969$117,730
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018$35,869$52,586
Persons in poverty, percent8.3%5.2%
All firms, 201277,20430,457
Men-owned firms, 201237,89915,977
Women-owned firms, 201234,39510,839
Minority-owned firms, 201259,17210,464
Nonminority-owned firms, 201216,21918,522
Veteran-owned firms, 20127,6442,596
Nonveteran-owned firms, 201267,29026,031
Black-owned firms, percent, 200754.5%14.9%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 20070.9%0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 20076.2%13.5%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 20070.1%0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 20078.8%2.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 200737.8%30.1%

Source: United States Census Bureau

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