Editing Pikesville, Maryland (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 18737
|1970= 24159
|1980= 22555
|1990= 24815
|2000= 29123
|2010= 30764
|2020= 34168
|footnote=<ref name="CDPInfo">As a Census Designated Place, the boundaries may have changed arbitrarily in each decennial census.</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 30,764 people and 13,642 households residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 2,490.8 people per square mile. There were 14,323 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.0% [[White American|White]], 14.5% [[African American]], 0.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 6.0% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islands American|Pacific Islander]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 2.7% of the population.

As of the 2000 census, there were 12,747 households, out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,598, and the median income for a family was $78,002 (these figures had risen to $73,846 and $100,237 respectively as of a 2007 estimate<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref>). Males had a median income of $52,079 versus $37,179 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $41,035. About 5.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

In 2000, 19.3% of Pikesville residents identified as being of [[Russia]]n heritage. Virtually all of them are [[Ashkenazi Jews]] whose ancestors immigrated from the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia: Decline in Metropolitan Baltimore |last=Vicino |first=Thomas J. |year=2008 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-230-60545-9 |page=77 |access-date=October 15, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxWvM9P4epoC&q=Pikesville+Russian&pg=PA77}}</ref> In 2000, 3.7% of Pikesville residents identified as being of [[Ukrainian American]] heritage. This was the highest percentage of Ukrainian Americans of any place in Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Ukrainian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Ukrainian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523064728/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Ukrainian.html |archive-date=2013-05-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 2% of the city were descended from [[Eastern Europe]]an countries other than Russia and Ukraine. The majority of them are of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. 8% of Pikesville's residents were [[German American|German]], 7% [[Polish American|Polish]], 4% [[Irish American|Irish]], 3% [[English American|English]], and 2% [[Italian American|Italian]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=2732 |title=Pikesville, MD, Ancestry & Family History |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-04-16}}</ref>

===Jewish community===
{{See also|History of the Jews in Baltimore}}
In the 19th and early 20th centuries Jewish immigrants to the Baltimore area first formed enclaves in East Baltimore not far from [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]] in neighborhoods such as [[Broadway East, Baltimore|Broadway East]], [[Jonestown, Baltimore|Jonestown]], [[Middle East, Baltimore|Middle East]] and [[Oliver, Baltimore|Oliver]]. After [[World War II]], the Jewish community moved outside of Baltimore City into Pikesville, a sleepy outpost on a major road that led to Western Maryland. During the Vietnam War, and exacerbated by riots in 1968, many Jewish businesses left northwestern Baltimore following this exodus.

Pikesville (and more recently its neighboring communities to the north, [[Owings Mills, Maryland|Owings Mills]] and [[Reisterstown, Maryland|Reisterstown]]) have been considered the center of the Baltimore area's Jewish community since the mid-1950s. Many of the region's largest and most established synagogues, Jewish schools, and [[kosher]] dining establishments are located in or near Pikesville.