Pimlico, Baltimore

This article is about the Baltimore neighborhood. For the race track, see Pimlico Race Course.

Pimlico
Neighborhood of Baltimore
The Preakness Stakes is held each year in the Baltimore neighborhood of Pimlico.
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	EDT
ZIP code	21215[1]
Area code	410, 443, and 667

Pimlico is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the site of Pimlico Race Course, which holds the Preakness Stakes, one of the three legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. From 1896 through 1915, Pimlico was also the home of Baltimore's Electric Park, a popular amusement park located near the intersection of Reisterstown Road and Belvedere Avenue.

History

A 1923 advertisement in the Baltimore Sun for housing in Pimlico: "will rent to Gentile family."

Prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, racial covenants were used in Baltimore to exclude African-Americans, Jews, and other minorities. A 1923 Baltimore Sun advertisement for a house in Pimlico says "will rent to Gentile family."[2]

Demographics

As of the 2000 U.S. census, there were 1,145 people living in the Pimlico neighborhood. The racial makeup of Pimlico was 5.1 percent White, 90.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian. 59.8 percent of occupied housing units were owner-occupied. 9.3 percent of housing units were vacant. Pimlico has a significant and growing number of Jamaican and African immigrants.[3]

35.5 percent of those in the civilian labor force were employed. The median household income was $23,654. [4]

Notable People

Artist Marie E. Johnson-Calloway was born in Pimlico.[5]

Actor, musician, business woman and activist, Jada Pinkett Smith, grew up in Pimlico.[6]

See also

• List of Baltimore neighborhoods

Notes

1. "Pimlico, Baltimore, Maryland Zip Code Boundary Map (MD)".
2. "Baltimore Sun". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
3. 2010 Census
4. "2000 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Pimlico Good Neighbors" (PDF). Baltimore Dept. of Planning. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
5. Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
6. "Jada Pinkett Smith returns to her roots with visit to School for the Arts: 'Baltimore has been good to me'". Baltimore Sun. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

External links

• Northwest District Maps

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