MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

POPULATION

[photo, Skyline from Federal Hill, 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, Baltimore, Maryland, December 2006. 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	2006 estimated*	2010 projected*	2020 projected*	2030 projected
Maryland	4,780,753	5,296,486	5,615,727	5,907,575	6,326,975	6,703,800

COUNTIES
	1990 census	2000 census	2006 estimated*	2010 projected*	2020 projected*	2030 projected
Allegany County	74,946	74,930	72,831	74,100	74,200	73,400
Anne Arundel Co.	427,239	489,656	509,300	526,800	551,000	567,700
Baltimore County	692,134	754,292	787,384	819,700	841,900	846,800
Calvert County	51,372	74,563	88,804	96,950	101,950	105,950
Caroline County	27,035	29,772	32,617	33,850	40,650	47,550
Carroll County	123,372	150,897	170,260	179,700	191,900	193,200
Cecil County	71,347	85,951	99,506	109,150	134,550	160,000
Charles County	101,154	120,546	140,416	152,250	184,050	206,050
Dorchester County	30,236	30,674	31,631	33,175	36,975	39,900
Frederick County	150,208	195,277	222,938	243,200	287,900	339,700
Garrett County	28,138	29,846	29,859	31,050	32,700	33,600
Harford County	182,132	218,590	241,402	254,700	276,500	290,500
Howard County	187,328	247,842	272,452	294,000	319,300	321,000
Kent County	17,842	19,197	19,983	20,450	22,050	23,200
Montgomery County	757,027	873,341	932,131	1,000,000	1,077,700	1,155,800
Prince George's Co.	728,553	801,515	841,315	872,600	914,900	993,100
Queen Anne's Co.	33,953	40,563	46,241	49,900	57,250	63,300
St. Mary's County	75,974	86,211	98,854	108,150	131,200	152,150
Somerset County	23,440	24,747	25,774	27,450	29,200	30,350
Talbot County	30,549	33,812	36,062	36,750	39,750	41,800
Washington County	121,393	131,923	143,748	150,800	171,250	189,800
Wicomico County	74,339	84,644	91,987	94,750	106,050	117,050
Worcester County	35,028	46,543	48,866	52,450	58,500	62,650

*Projections as of September 2005 from Planning Data Services, Dept. of Planning.
*2006 estimates as of March 2007 from Planning Data Services, Dept. of Planning.

CITIES (incorporated) OVER 10,000 POPULATION
	1990 census	2000 census	2005 est.*
Baltimore	736,014	651,154	635,815
Frederick	40,148	52,767	57,907
Gaithersburg	39,676	52,613	57,698
Bowie	37,642	50,269	53,878
Rockville	44,830	47,388	57,402
Hagerstown	35,306	36,687	38,326
Annapolis	33,195	35,838	36,300
College Park	23,714	24,657	25,171
Salisbury	20,592	23,743	26,295
Cumberland	23,712	21,518	20,915
Greenbelt	20,561	21,456	22,242
Laurel	19,086	19,960	22,125
Takoma Park	16,724	17,299	18,540
Westminster	13,060	16,731	17,761
Hyattsville	13,864	14,733	16,677
Aberdeen	13,087	13,842	14,305
New Carrollton	12,002	12,589	12,818
Elkton	9,073	11,893	14,466
Easton	9,372	11,708	13,447
Havre de Grace	8,952	11,331	11,884
Cambridge	11,514	10,911	11,089
Bel Air	8,942	10,080	10,014

*Estimates as of June 2006 from Planning Data Services, Dept. of Planning.

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