# Maryland Senior Housing & Health Data
Maryland has 654 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 43,880 elderly units, of which 205 are rural and 441 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 654
- Elderly units: 43,880
- HUD Section 202: 187 properties (22,361 units)
- USDA Section 515: 146 properties (5,256 units)
- Rural properties: 205 across 16 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 441 (28,876 units)
- Population 65+: 1,003,219 (est. 386,112 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/MD