History of Ethiopian Americans in Baltimore

[1] Of the approximately 75,000 Ethiopian Americans residing in Maryland, between 30,000 and 50,000 live in Greater Baltimore.

The population generally works as small business owners, cab drivers, beauticians and medical technicians.

[5] As of 2013, there are about 25 doctors of Ethiopian and Eritrean background in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, as well as Ethiopian-owned travel agencies, taxi companies, and parking garages.

In January 2019, the Collective reached an agreement with a group of non-Asian investors to for a $30,000,000 investment project in Chinatown/Little Ethiopia.

[8] The majority of Ethiopian-Americans in Baltimore are Christians, with many belonging to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.