Frederick is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 52,693 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Frederick is the tenth largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Frederick is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Frederick is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Frederick who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.54%), sales jobs (10.36%), and management occupations (9.15%).

Also of interest is that Frederick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Frederick is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Frederick, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Frederick Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Frederick citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.90% of adults in Frederick have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Frederick in 2000 was $23,053, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,212 for a family of four.

Frederick is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Frederick home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Frederick is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Frederick include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Frederick is English. Some people also speak Spanish.