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Howard County, MD [24027] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
-- a component of the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan area [12580] -- click link to view metro S&O report

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This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data.

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Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	288,605	293,858	299,552	304,210	307,784	312,400	316,966	321,113	32,508
Births	...	3,313	3,390	3,452	3,454	3,646	3,549	3,584	3,484
Deaths	...	1,417	1,471	1,505	1,542	1,623	1,749	1,811	1,588
Natural Increase	...	1,896	1,919	1,947	1,912	2,023	1,800	1,773	1,896
Net Migration	...	3,370	3,785	2,747	1,673	2,627	2,775	2,390	2,767
International	...	1,519	1,556	1,538	1,630	1,760	1,763	1,733	1,643
Domestic	...	1,851	2,229	1,209	43	867	1,012	657	1,124

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	288,605	293,858	299,552	304,210	307,784	312,400	316,966	321,113	32,508
Male	141,342	144,097	147,207	149,235	150,586	152,731	155,063	156,942	15,600
Female	147,263	149,761	152,345	154,975	157,198	159,669	161,903	164,171	16,908
Group Quarters	...	2,418	2,459	2,237	1,687	1,684	1,686	1,691	-631

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	288,605	293,858	299,552	304,210	307,784	312,400	316,966	321,113	32,508
White alone	183,641	184,661	185,975	186,711	186,180	185,305	185,048	184,140	499
Black alone	51,548	53,157	54,396	55,646	56,710	58,859	60,522	62,737	11,189
AIAN alone	1,231	1,231	1,231	1,221	1,245	1,299	1,276	1,313	82
Asian alone	42,551	44,764	47,433	49,793	52,500	55,353	58,077	60,694	18,143
NHOPI alone	152	159	189	207	230	249	278	269	117
Two+ Races	9,482	9,886	10,328	10,632	10,919	11,335	11,765	11,960	2,478
Hispanic (any race)	16,920	17,490	18,352	18,943	19,596	20,185	21,017	21,973	5,053

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	321,113	184,140	62,737	1,313	60,694	269	11,960	21,973
Age 0-4	19,305	9,663	4,036	110	3,937	24	1,535	2,204
Age 5-9	21,522	10,188	4,628	98	4,790	22	1,796	2,084
Age 10-14	23,332	11,454	5,248	128	4,785	24	1,693	2,068
Age 15-19	21,691	11,501	4,992	106	3,577	21	1,494	1,776
Age 20-24	18,733	10,825	3,980	77	2,861	12	978	1,527
Age 25-29	18,519	10,323	4,045	68	3,366	27	690	1,646
Age 30-34	20,430	11,169	3,926	105	4,584	23	623	1,669
Age 35-39	23,074	11,725	4,725	113	5,844	20	647	2,023
Age 40-44	21,901	10,610	4,730	113	5,916	23	509	1,726
Age 45-49	23,611	12,765	5,050	82	5,170	17	527	1,618
Age 50-54	24,399	15,175	4,636	68	4,061	14	445	1,204
Age 55-59	22,867	15,448	3,804	72	3,184	10	349	853
Age 60-64	18,748	13,143	2,764	66	2,531	8	236	559
Age 65-69	15,023	10,609	2,112	43	2,068	9	182	373
Age 70-74	11,807	8,347	1,701	31	1,624	7	97	245
Age 75-79	7,232	4,994	1,070	19	1,077	1	71	165
Age 80-84	4,520	3,038	652	9	778	3	40	102
Age 85 up	4,399	3,163	638	5	541	4	48	131

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	3,361	3,356	3,437	3,471	3,478	3,674	3,572	3,605	244
Age 0101	3,296	3,551	3,456	3,495	3,608	3,559	3,765	3,715	419
Age 0202	3,553	3,422	3,682	3,594	3,675	3,803	3,737	3,986	433
Age 0303	3,629	3,663	3,570	3,792	3,724	3,759	3,884	3,908	279
Age 0404	3,664	3,728	3,801	3,655	3,899	3,892	3,949	4,091	427
Age 0505	3,842	3,803	3,838	3,945	3,866	4,038	4,091	4,093	251
Age 0606	4,104	3,990	3,964	4,040	4,096	4,058	4,268	4,241	137
Age 0707	4,090	4,215	4,093	4,069	4,109	4,231	4,169	4,380	290
Age 0808	4,186	4,196	4,373	4,208	4,161	4,216	4,385	4,294	108
Age 0909	4,313	4,258	4,302	4,458	4,286	4,260	4,366	4,514	201
Age 1010	4,372	4,370	4,326	4,394	4,548	4,363	4,435	4,490	118
Age 1111	4,384	4,461	4,500	4,445	4,508	4,596	4,478	4,517	133
Age 1212	4,484	4,469	4,553	4,589	4,516	4,629	4,713	4,613	129
Age 1313	4,560	4,534	4,571	4,650	4,702	4,643	4,751	4,874	314
Age 1414	4,678	4,634	4,601	4,623	4,691	4,735	4,738	4,838	160
Age 1515	4,765	4,736	4,704	4,652	4,653	4,785	4,821	4,759	-6
Age 1616	4,787	4,810	4,788	4,695	4,686	4,654	4,820	4,819	32
Age 1717	4,759	4,788	4,813	4,801	4,671	4,690	4,692	4,851	92
Age 1818	3,578	4,116	4,105	4,170	4,056	3,999	3,988	3,993	415
Age 1919	2,748	3,034	3,438	3,433	3,395	3,327	3,307	3,269	521
Age 2020	2,664	2,907	3,177	3,581	3,527	3,564	3,467	3,470	806
Age 2121	2,583	2,853	3,118	3,309	3,653	3,696	3,710	3,605	1,022
Age 2222	2,871	2,763	3,077	3,321	3,440	3,860	3,792	3,840	969
Age 2323	3,286	3,100	3,042	3,310	3,481	3,551	3,883	3,885	599
Age 2424	3,431	3,454	3,355	3,291	3,476	3,624	3,590	3,933	502
Age 2525	3,469	3,492	3,612	3,455	3,343	3,614	3,677	3,643	174
Age 2626	3,432	3,552	3,592	3,612	3,494	3,423	3,663	3,815	383
Age 2727	3,573	3,562	3,638	3,726	3,681	3,570	3,536	3,784	211
Age 2828	3,625	3,724	3,672	3,750	3,776	3,704	3,656	3,614	-11
Age 2929	3,701	3,693	3,791	3,747	3,744	3,768	3,745	3,663	-38
Age 3030	3,778	3,833	3,748	3,865	3,823	3,811	3,836	3,766	-12
Age 3131	3,549	3,853	3,956	3,904	3,976	3,981	4,011	3,829	280
Age 3232	3,478	3,680	4,052	4,043	4,088	4,070	4,148	4,082	604
Age 3333	3,510	3,605	3,796	4,173	4,153	4,207	4,215	4,363	853
Age 3434	3,504	3,674	3,672	3,949	4,335	4,351	4,491	4,390	886
Age 3535	3,688	3,614	3,824	3,834	4,069	4,504	4,537	4,660	972
Age 3636	3,672	3,902	3,776	3,964	3,959	4,175	4,608	4,729	1,057
Age 3737	3,812	3,821	4,079	3,917	4,061	4,074	4,374	4,793	981
Age 3838	4,089	3,914	3,971	4,164	4,028	4,181	4,204	4,554	465
Age 3939	4,391	4,228	4,034	4,063	4,246	4,174	4,329	4,338	-53
Age 4040	4,559	4,497	4,378	4,113	4,128	4,375	4,292	4,434	-125
Age 4141	4,527	4,724	4,603	4,441	4,174	4,168	4,477	4,312	-215
Age 4242	4,558	4,572	4,779	4,714	4,463	4,278	4,280	4,501	-57
Age 4343	4,616	4,610	4,632	4,826	4,740	4,536	4,328	4,313	-303
Age 4444	4,830	4,686	4,696	4,687	4,859	4,775	4,552	4,341	-489
Age 4545	5,108	4,790	4,667	4,718	4,703	4,860	4,775	4,554	-554
Age 4646	5,383	5,115	4,865	4,658	4,712	4,742	4,904	4,794	-589
Age 4747	5,378	5,377	5,183	4,812	4,594	4,688	4,708	4,882	-496
Age 4848	5,027	5,364	5,395	5,124	4,805	4,586	4,665	4,718	-309
Age 4949	5,214	4,993	5,364	5,368	5,095	4,825	4,577	4,663	-551
Age 5050	5,154	5,177	4,998	5,288	5,282	5,019	4,782	4,521	-633
Age 5151	4,836	5,135	5,161	4,967	5,238	5,221	4,967	4,739	-97
Age 5252	4,711	4,838	5,085	5,133	4,899	5,199	5,188	4,888	177
Age 5353	4,623	4,728	4,823	5,022	5,076	4,856	5,122	5,133	510
Age 5454	4,321	4,543	4,664	4,761	4,912	5,008	4,789	5,118	797
Age 5555	4,225	4,286	4,498	4,616	4,676	4,842	4,875	4,644	419
Age 5656	4,046	4,195	4,248	4,447	4,543	4,666	4,772	4,798	752
Age 5757	3,839	3,995	4,148	4,223	4,407	4,505	4,541	4,696	857
Age 5858	3,649	3,813	3,934	4,085	4,135	4,315	4,410	4,444	795
Age 5959	3,552	3,593	3,758	3,852	3,999	4,022	4,252	4,285	733
Age 6060	3,334	3,489	3,520	3,665	3,798	3,960	3,917	4,159	825
Age 6161	3,239	3,292	3,450	3,463	3,616	3,756	3,893	3,841	602
Age 6262	3,233	3,193	3,230	3,360	3,397	3,496	3,633	3,807	574
Age 6363	3,408	3,150	3,116	3,184	3,276	3,336	3,443	3,562	154
Age 6464	2,547	3,317	3,053	3,065	3,129	3,242	3,278	3,379	832
Age 6565	2,447	2,511	3,302	3,038	2,985	3,098	3,200	3,212	765
Age 6666	2,377	2,436	2,482	3,242	3,034	2,954	3,043	3,126	749
Age 6767	2,426	2,336	2,384	2,432	3,192	2,981	2,884	2,990	564
Age 6868	1,984	2,393	2,289	2,349	2,410	3,116	2,897	2,825	841
Age 6969	1,712	1,970	2,375	2,279	2,318	2,383	3,057	2,870	1,158
Age 7070	1,605	1,677	1,926	2,349	2,277	2,269	2,344	3,000	1,395
Age 7171	1,444	1,580	1,638	1,895	2,303	2,227	2,222	2,298	854
Age 7272	1,375	1,434	1,573	1,620	1,880	2,267	2,201	2,195	820
Age 7373	1,273	1,371	1,404	1,541	1,599	1,849	2,227	2,149	876
Age 7474	1,225	1,248	1,341	1,380	1,511	1,587	1,804	2,165	940
Age 7575	1,137	1,200	1,232	1,323	1,367	1,497	1,551	1,793	656
Age 7676	1,017	1,130	1,187	1,218	1,325	1,335	1,462	1,531	514
Age 7777	939	981	1,100	1,152	1,189	1,296	1,300	1,421	482
Age 7878	891	910	977	1,062	1,109	1,143	1,268	1,269	378
Age 7979	887	859	892	960	1,035	1,062	1,112	1,218	331
Age 8080	838	851	827	887	921	1,000	1,032	1,096	258
Age 8181	741	792	842	805	845	880	969	996	255
Age 8282	690	697	782	799	759	817	840	931	241
Age 8383	628	654	646	741	755	721	768	809	181
Age 8484	585	570	579	594	674	698	640	688	103
Age 8585	3,208	3,428	3,629	3,795	3,959	4,131	4,324	4,399	1,191
Age 0517	57,324	57,264	57,426	57,569	57,493	57,898	58,727	59,283	1,959