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MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

POPULATION

[photo, Skyline from Federal Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland}

State

Counties

Cities (incorporated)

Areas (unincorporated)

In 2000, Maryland's population was 5,296,486, according to the federal census conducted every 10 years by the U.S. Census Bureau. Maryland ranks 19th in population. With 529.1 persons per square land mile in 1999, it ranked 6th in population density among states (including the District of Columbia).

Skyline from Federal Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

From 1990 to 2000, Maryland population grew 10.8%, a gain of 515,733 persons. Calvert County led all other counties in that period with a 45.1% increase in population.

Annually, the Division of Health Statistics of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene publishes Maryland Vital Statistics. The Department of Planning has information on population as well.


STATE
1990 census 2000 census 2008 estimated* 2010 projected** 2020 projected** 2030 projected**
Maryland 4,780,753 5,296,486 5,633,597 5,779,400 6,339,300 6,684,250


COUNTIES
1990 census 2000 census 2008 estimated* 2010 projected** 2020 projected** 2030 projected**
Allegany County 74,946 74,930 72,238 73,100 75,300 75,900
Anne Arundel Co. 427,239 489,656 512,790 520,300 556,100 572,800
Baltimore County 692,134 754,292 785,618 801,750 842,600 849,000
Calvert County 51,372 74,563 88,698 91,750 100,450 105,100
Caroline County 27,035 29,772 33,138 34,100 40,300 46,000
Carroll County 123,372 150,897 169,353 175,900 197,400 210,700
Cecil County 71,347 85,951 99,926 103,850 130,350 155,000
Charles County 101,154 120,546 140,764 144,950 177,200 204,200
Dorchester County 30,236 30,674 31,998 32,350 36,300 38,850
Frederick County 150,208 195,277 225,721 233,600 287,900 331,700
Garrett County 28,138 29,846 29,698 29,950 31,600 32,250
Harford County 182,132 218,590 240,351 248,450 276,500 283,600
Howard County 187,328 247,842 274,995 281,950 312,900 324,100
Kent County 17,842 19,197 20,151 20,300 22,200 23,400
Montgomery County 757,027 873,341 950,680 966,000 1,075,000 1,141,000
Prince George's Co. 728,553 801,515 820,852 862,800 921,900 960,800
Queen Anne's Co. 33,953 40,563 47,091 48,650 55,650 61,900
St. Mary's County 75,974 86,211 101,578 105,400 130,100 151,500
Somerset County 23,440 24,747 26,119 26,550 28,300 29,350
Talbot County 30,549 33,812 36,215 36,950 40,050 42,100
Washington County 121,393 131,923 145,384 149,250 170,950 189,750
Wicomico County 74,339 84,644 94,046 96,100 107,450 117,550
Worcester County 35,028 46,543 49,274 50,550 56,250 60,000

*Estimates as of March 2009 from U.S. Census Bureau.
**Estimates as of Dec. 2008 from Maryland State Data Center, Dept. of Planning.

[photo, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland]




Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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CITIES (incorporated)
OVER 10,000 POPULATION
1990 census 2000 census 2008 est.*
Baltimore 736,014 651,154 636,919
Rockville 44,830 47,388 60,734
Frederick 40,148 52,767 59,213
Gaithersburg 39,676 52,613 58,744
Bowie 37,642 50,269 52,544
Hagerstown 35,306 36,687 39,728
Annapolis 33,195 35,838 36,524
Salisbury 20,592 23,743 28,200
College Park 23,714 24,657 26,925
Laurel 19,086 19,960 22,329
Greenbelt 20,561 21,456 21,098
Cumberland 23,712 21,518 20,495
Takoma Park 16,724 17,299 17,701
Westminster 13,060 16,731 17,689
Hyattsville 13,864 14,733 15,376
Elkton 9,073 11,893 14,842
Easton 9,372 11,708 14,677
Aberdeen 13,087 13,842 13,993
Havre de Grace 8,952 11,331 13,085
New Carrollton 12,002 12,589 12,460
Cambridge 11,514 10,911 11,752

*Estimates as of July 2009 from U.S. Census Bureau.


AREAS (unincorporated)
OVER 20,000 POPULATION
1990 census 2000 census
Columbia 75,883 88,254
Silver Spring 76,046 76,540
Dundalk 65,800 62,306
Wheaton-Glenmont 53,720 57,694
Ellicott City 41,396 56,397
Germantown 41,145 55,419
Bethesda 62,936 55,277
Towson 49,445 51,793
Aspen Hill 45,494 50,228
Potomac 45,634 44,822
Catonsville 35,233 39,820
Bel Air South 26,421 39,711
Essex 40,872 39,078
Glen Burnie 37,305 38,922
North Bethesda 29,656 38,610
Montgomery Village 32,315 38,051
Woodlawn 32,907 36,079
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor 35,794 35,355
Severn 24,499 35,076
Chillum 31,309 34,252
Suitland-Silver Hill 35,111 33,515
St. Charles 28,717 33,379
Olney 23,019 31,438
Parkville 31,617 31,118
Randallstown 26,277 30,870
Pikesville 24,815 29,123
Perry Hall 22,723 28,705
South Gate 27,564 28,672
Severna Park 25,879 28,507
Carney 25,578 28,264
Eldersburg 9,720 27,741
Milford Mill 22,547 26,527
Clinton 19,987 26,064
Bel Air North 14,880 25,798
Lochearn 25,240 25,269
Middle River 24,616 23,958
Fort Washington 24,032 23,845
Arnold 20,261 23,422
Edgewood 23,903 23,378
North Potomac 18,456 23,044
Greater Landover (defined in 2000) 22,900
Reisterstown 19,314 22,438
Waldorf 15,058 22,312
Elkridge 12,953 22,042
Fairland 19,828 21,738
White Oak 18,671 20,973
Odenton 12,833 20,534
South Laurel 18,591 20,479
North Laurel 15,008 20,468
Owings Mills 9,474 20,193
Arbutus 19,750 20,116
Crofton 12,781 20,091

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