Baltimore metropolitan area
Greater Baltimore | |
|---|---|
| Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
The Inner Harbor skyline Downtown Columbia Towson Square | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| Principal municipalities | Baltimore Columbia Ellicott City Towson Glen Burnie Dundalk Annapolis |
| Area (2010) | |
| 2,601 sq mi (6,737 km2) | |
| Population (2020) | |
| 2,844,510 (20th) | |
| • Urban | (19th) |
| • Urban density | 1,038.9/sq mi (401.1/km2) |
| • CSA | 9,973,383 (3rd) |
| MSA = 2020, CSA = 2020, Urban & Densities = 2010 | |
| GDP | |
| • Metropolitan Statistical Area | $241.4 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EST) |
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.