Baltimore metropolitan area

Greater Baltimore
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
Baltimore's Inner Harbor in August 2010
Map of Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD MSA   City of Baltimore   Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD MSA   Other Areas in the Washington–Baltimore CSA
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Principal municipalities	Baltimore Columbia Ellicott City Towson Glen Burnie Dundalk Annapolis
Population  (2020)
• Metropolitan Statistical Area	2,844,510 (20th)
• Urban	(19th)
• Urban density	401.1/km2 (1,038.9/sq mi)
• CSA	9,973,383 (3rd)
	MSA = 2020, CSA = 2020, Urban & Densities = 2010
GDP [1]
• MSA	$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.^[2]