Baltimore ghetto

How you experience living in Baltimore depends upon your socio-economic status, your race, your education and where you live. In 2007, the estimated median household income was $36,949 in Baltimore compared with $68,080 in Maryland as a whole; estimated per capita income was $21,887 compared with $33,743; 20% of residents were living in poverty, this was represented by 12.8% White non-Hispanics and 23.7% Black residents. The racial makeup of Baltimore is 64.3% Black and 31% White non-Hispanics. Drug addiction is the major problem affecting Baltimore's residents either directly or indirectly.