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Frederick, MD
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Frederick profile


Living in Frederick



Frederick is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 82,175 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, Frederick is the sixth largest community in Maryland.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Frederick, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Frederick is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Frederick a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The citizens of Frederick are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.36% of adults in Frederick have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Frederick in 2018 was $45,050, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $180,200 for a family of four. However, Frederick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Frederick is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Frederick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Frederick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Frederick also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Frederick include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

Frederick also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.05%.

The most common language spoken in Frederick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.