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Skyline (view from Canton), Baltimore, Maryland, May 2002. 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.
*Projections as of May 2004 from Planning Data Services, Dept. of Planning.
*Estimates as of June 2004 from Planning Data Services, Dept. of Planning.
STATE
1990 census
2000 census
2010 projected*
2020 projected*
2030 projected
Maryland
4,780,753
5,296,486
5,856,100
6,224,950
6,446,400
COUNTIES
1990 census
2000 census
2010 projected*
2020 projected*
2030 projected
Allegany County
74,946
74,930
72,950
71,950
70,300
Anne Arundel County
427,239
489,656
528,900
551,200
565,000
Baltimore County
692,134
754,292
804,700
826,700
834,500
Calvert County
51,372
74,563
93,750
100,450
106,750
Caroline County
27,035
29,772
32,400
34,200
35,550
Carroll County
123,372
150,897
179,700
191,900
193,200
Cecil County
71,347
85,951
101,200
111,450
119,150
Charles County
101,154
120,546
152,250
184,050
206,050
Dorchester County
30,236
30,674
31,600
32,150
32,350
Frederick County
150,208
195,277
239,700
281,900
324,600
Garrett County
28,138
29,846
30,900
32,100
33,100
Harford County
182,132
218,590
257,800
279,700
293,500
Howard County
187,328
247,842
293,800
318,700
320,000
Kent County
17,842
19,197
21,400
22,300
22,600
Montgomery County
757,027
873,341
1,000,000
1,070,000
1,100,000
Prince George's County
728,553
801,515
874,700
925,800
961,350
Queen Anne's County
33,953
40,563
49,600
56,950
61,000
St. Mary's County
75,974
86,211
102,700
116,700
129,500
Somerset County
23,440
24,747
26,300
27,200
27,700
Talbot County
30,549
33,812
37,000
38,750
40,150
Washington County
121,393
131,923
144,200
152,750
158,550
Wicomico County
74,339
84,644
94,500
103,300
110,350
Worcester County
35,028
46,543
53,950
57,550
59,800
CITIES (incorporated) .
OVER 10,000 POPULATION
1990 census
2000 census
2003 est.*
Baltimore
736,014
651,154
643,304
Frederick
40,148
52,767
56,128
Gaithersburg
39,676
52,613
57,365
Bowie
37,642
50,269
53,660
Rockville
44,830
47,388
55,213
Hagerstown
35,306
36,687
36,953
Annapolis
33,195
35,838
36,178
College Park
23,714
24,657
25,329
Salisbury
20,592
23,743
25,247
Cumberland
23,712
21,518
20,833
Greenbelt
20,561
21,456
22,096
Laurel
19,086
19,960
20,653
Takoma Park
16,724
17,299
17,717
Westminster
13,060
16,731
17,403
Hyattsville
13,864
14,733
15,161
Aberdeen
13,087
13,842
14,184
New Carrollton
12,002
12,589
13,043
Elkton
9,073
11,893
13,586
Easton
9,372
11,708
12,503
Havre de Grace
8,952
11,331
11,398
Cambridge
11,514
10,911
10,781
Bel Air
8,942
10,080
9,948
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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