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). As of the 2010 Census, the combined population of the seven counties is 2,710,489. The MSA has the fourth-highest median household income in the United States, at $66,970 in 2012.[1]

Central Maryland Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Counties of the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan area highlighted in red.
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Principal municipalities	Baltimore, Columbia, Towson
Population  (2020)
• Metropolitan area	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
Time zone	UTC−5 (ET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EST)

Composition

The area includes the following counties:[2][3]

• Anne Arundel County
• Baltimore City
• Baltimore County
• Carroll County
• Harford County
• Howard County
• Queen Anne's County

Principal communities

The metropolitan area includes the following principal communities:^{[citation needed]}

• 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
• Owings Mills
• Westminster

In addition to its technical metropolitan area, Baltimore also receives a large number of commuters from cities such as York, Pennsylvania[8] and the Washington Metropolitan Area.

History

Companies in metropolitan Baltimore

Four Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in Greater Baltimore: Grace Chemicals (in Columbia), Legg Mason, T. Rowe Price, and McCormick & Company (in Hunt Valley). Other companies headquartered in Greater Baltimore include AAI Corporation (in Hunt Valley), Adams Express Company, Brown Advisory, Alex Brown, First Home Mortgage Corporation, FTI Consulting, Petroleum & Resources Corporation, Vertis, Prometric, Sylvan Learning, Laureate Education, Under Armour, DAP, 180s, DeBaufre Bakeries, Wm. T. Burnett & Co, Old Mutual Financial Network, Firaxis Games (in Sparks), Sinclair Broadcast Group (in Hunt Valley), and Fila USA (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.

Sports teams in metropolitan Baltimore

• Baltimore Orioles – Major League Baseball (since 1954)
• Baltimore Ravens – National Football League (since 1996)
• Baltimore Burn – Women's Spring Football League (since 2001)
• Baltimore Nighthawks – Independent Women's Football League (since 2008)
• Charm City Roller Girls – 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 – Major Arena Soccer League (since 2014)

In Anne Arundel County:

• Navy Midshipmen, in Annapolis
• Chesapeake Bayhawks, in Annapolis
• Maryland Black Bears, in Odenton

See also

• Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area
• Mid-Atlantic states
• Northeast megalopolis
• Delmarva

Notes

На других языках

[es] Área metropolitana de Baltimore