Maryland Opportunity Zones

149 Total Opportunity Zones 599 k Zone Residents Metro Zone Jobs Non-Metro 476 k 93% 31 k Zone Businesses

Majority Poverty Median Bachelor Adults Not Median Rent Minority Rate Income Degree + Working Home Age Burdened

Maryland 43% 10% $91,116 38% 23% 44 86%

Opportunity 60% 20% $54,077 23% 30% 52 83% Zones

Major Cities with the Largest Number of Zones Congressional Districts with the Largest Number of Zones Frederick Silver Spring Representative District Party Zones

Elijah Cummings MD-7 D 31

Andrew P. Harris MD-1 R 24

Dutch Ruppersberger MD-2 D 24

Anthony G. Brown MD-4 D 22

42 Tracts 4 Tracts 4 Tracts John Delaney MD-6 D 22

To learn more, visit eig.org/opportunityzones // Contact: [email protected] U.S. Opportunity Zones

Data Glossary Minority Tracts Percent of census tracts in which the percentage of the population identifying as non-white is greater than 50 percent, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data

Poverty Rate Total individuals in poverty as a percentage of total individuals for whom poverty status is determined, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data

Median Income Average median household income, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data

Bachelor Degree + Total percent of adults age 25 and older who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data

Adults Not Working Total percent of adults age 25 to 64 not working, per the American Majority Poverty Median Bachelor Adults Not Median Rent Community Survey 2011-2015 data 24% Minority Rate Income Degree + Working Home Age Burdened Median Home Age 56% 30% $40,846 17% 37% 50 80% Average median home age, per the American Community Survey 2011- 76% 2015 data

Rent Burdened Percent of low-income, renter- Metropolitan occupied households that spend 30%+ Over 7,800 31.3 million 1.6 million 24 million of their household income on housing, Non-Metropolitan Zones residents businesses jobs per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data National summary statistics do not include U.S. territories 2011-2015 data was used for the purpose of consistency with the data used to determine eligibility for the majority Opportunity Zones

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