Baltimore metropolitan area

Central Maryland
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metropolitan area
Central Maryland; Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
	Baltimore's Inner Harbor in August 2010
	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
GDP
• MSA	$241.4 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (ET)
• 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]

^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
^ Noss, Amanda (September 2013). Household Income: 2012 (PDF) (Report). American Community Survey Briefs. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2017.