Kensington, MD
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None of the households in Kensington, MD reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
86.6% of the residents in Kensington, MD are U.S. citizens.
Kensington, MD is home to a population of N/A people, from which 86.6% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Kensington, MD residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).
In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Kensington, MD than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.
The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Kensington, MD compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The economy of Kensington, MD employs N/A people. The largest industries in Kensington, MD are , and the highest paying industries are .
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Kensington, MD, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Kensington, MD.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Maryland (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Kensington, MD, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Kensington, MD, though some of these residents may live in Kensington, MD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($250,001), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($180,694), and Public Administration ($179,286).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Manufacturing ($221,563), Public Administration ($129,135), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($100,625).
As of February 2023, there are 2.69M people employed in Maryland. This represents a 0.617% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.9%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Maryland.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Maryland went to Kamala Harris with 62.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (34.1%), followed by Jill Stein (1.09%).
Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are the senators currently representing the state of Maryland. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Maryland is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Maryland went to Kamala Harris with 62.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (34.1%), followed by Jill Stein (1.09%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Maryland for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are the senators currently representing Maryland.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Maryland over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Maryland is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Maryland have changed over time starting in 2008.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, 1.12% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.05% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.2M), Bachelors Degree (1.04M), and Some college (961k).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Kensington, MD compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following map shows all of the places in Kensington, MD colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Kensington, MD distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Maryland was 0.454 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.498% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Maryland was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Maryland in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Maryland across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In N/A, N/A% of workers in Kensington, MD N/A, followed by those who N/A (N/A%) and those who N/A (N/A%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Kensington, MD have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Kensington, MD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Kensington, MD compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Kensington, MD distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Kensington, MD have N/A.
6.58% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Kensington, MD (148 out of 2.25k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Kensington, MD is Hispanic, followed by Other and White.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Kensington, MD has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Kensington, MD changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
