Maryland

2024 population: 6,263,220 ( 81,591 from 2020)
Land area: 9711.2 square miles
Population density: 645.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,907,756	46.43%	3.6%
Black:	1,886,655	30.12%	1.9%
Indian:	14,529	0.23%	1.4%
Asian:	449,813	7.18%	9.2%
2+ races:	173,518	2.77%	10.7%
Hispanic:	830,949	13.27%	13.9%

Total non-White:	3,355,464	53.57%	6.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	286,867	11.6
Deaths:	241,424	9.8
Net Migration:	-120,435	-4.9
Net Immigration:	154,183	6.2

Change in White population:	-109,233	-1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	190,824	3.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
6,181,629
3,016,989	48.81%
1,851,764	29.96%
14,740	0.24%
411,959	6.66%
156,735	2.54%
729,442	11.80%
3,164,640	51.19%

2010
5,773,552
3,157,958	54.70%
1,674,229	29.00%
13,815	0.24%
319,106	5.53%
125,840	2.18%
470,632	8.15%
2,615,594	45.30%

2000
5,296,486
3,286,547	62.05%
1,464,735	27.65%
13,312	0.25%
211,651	4.00%
82,946	1.57%
227,916	4.30%
2,009,939	37.95%

1990
4,781,468
3,329,976	69.64%
1,178,601	24.65%
13,699	0.29%
139,208	2.91%
n/a
119,984	2.51%
1,451,492	30.36%

1980
4,216,975
3,123,621	74.07%
949,681	22.52%
5,857	0.14%
67,949	1.61%
n/a
63,196	1.50%
1,093,354	25.93%

1970
3,922,399
3,149,834	80.30%
691,855	17.64%
4,201	0.11%
17,690	0.45%
n/a
52,974	1.35%
772,565	19.70%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
670,809	11.6
434,837	7.5
-159,993	-2.8
198,996	3.4

-140,969	-2.4
549,046	9.5

Number	Rate
2000's
698,269	13.2
405,035	7.6
-95,972	-1.8
191,262	3.6

-128,589	-2.4
605,655	11.4

Number	Rate
1990's
739,446	15.5
409,864	8.6
-57,067	-1.2
151,504	3.2

-43,429	-0.9
558,447	11.7

Number	Rate
1980's
683,716	16.2
362,048	8.6
285,651	6.8
n/a

206,355	4.9
358,138	8.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-11,999	-0.3
n/a

-26,213	-0.7
320,789	8.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Maryland

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Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.1
1,360,294	21.7%
4,902,926	78.3%
986,154	15.7%

2,318,124
2.60

1,525,066	65.8%
1,092,896	71.7%
152,164	10.0%
793,058	34.2%

2010
Number	Percent
38.0
1,352,964	23.4%
4,420,588	76.6%
707,642	12.3%

2,156,411
2.61

1,447,002	67.1%
1,026,739	71.0%
164,366	11.4%
709,409	32.9%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
1,353,419	25.6%
3,943,067	74.4%
598,004	11.3%

1,981,795
2.60

1,368,647	69.1%
1,015,033	74.2%
155,978	11.4%
613,148	30.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.1
1,162,222	24.3%
3,619,246	75.7%
516,680	10.8%

1,749,342
2.67

1,256,327	71.8%
967,023	77.0%
120,057	9.6%
493,015	28.2%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
1,167,106	27.7%
3,049,869	72.3%
394,356	9.4%

1,461,680
2.82

1,094,386	74.9%
874,627	79.9%
105,784	9.7%
367,294	25.1%

2022 Housing Data for Maryland

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	96,596	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	61,413	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	52,926	2.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	57,398	2.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	59,099	2.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	60,370	2.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	61,764	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	61,863	2.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	63,970	2.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	131,924	5.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	183,614	7.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	285,004	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	249,498	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	197,609	8.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	281,245	12.1%
$200,000 or more	413,831	17.9%

Median Household Income	98,461
Per Capita Income	49,865

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	103

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	100,439	4.3%
Public Assistance	58,755	2.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	272,267	11.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,597,951	73.4%
Unemployed	143,219	4.0%
In Armed Forces	27,957	0.8%

Total Labor Force	2,769,127	78.3%
Not in Labor Force	769,636	21.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,000,746	841,156	54.3%
Non-Profit	113,889	205,874	35.6%
Self-Employed	165,201	105,787	61.0%

Local Government	90,703	144,576	38.6%
State Government	60,399	76,082	44.3%
Federal Government	168,375	152,562	52.5%

Total Private + Self	1,165,947	946,943	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	433,366	579,094	42.8%
Total	1,599,313	1,526,037	51.2%

Pct. Govt.	22.2%
Pct. Private + Self	67.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	612,012	19.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	575,532	18.4%
Professional, Technical	923,440	29.5%
Service Occupations	494,785	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,677	0.2%
All others	525,644	16.8%

White Collar		67.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	423,167	13.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	367,946	11.8%
Public administration	344,470	11.0%
Educational services	317,258	10.1%
Retail trade	286,887	9.2%
Construction	231,015	7.4%
Accommodation and food services	183,091	5.8%
Other services	165,530	5.3%
Manufacturing	147,279	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	138,815	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	132,539	4.2%
Finance and insurance	120,996	3.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	65,443	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	59,840	1.9%
Information	55,833	1.8%
Wholesale trade	51,837	1.7%
Utilities	18,122	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	15,793	0.5%
Management	3,855	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,697	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	107,230	1.74%
Puerto Rican	62,339	1.01%
Cuban	14,057	0.23%
Dominican	28,246	0.46%

Total Central American	319,474	5.18%
Costa Rican	3,527	0.06%
Guatemalan	64,033	1.04%
Honduran	36,860	0.60%
Nicaraguan	10,453	0.17%
Panamanian	6,873	0.11%
Salvadoran	197,203	3.20%
Other Central American	525	0.01%

Total South American	89,873	1.46%
Argentinean	7,221	0.12%
Bolivian	10,899	0.18%
Chilean	4,555	0.07%
Colombian	20,129	0.33%
Ecuadorian	10,475	0.17%
Paraguayan	1,160	0.02%
Peruvian	26,284	0.43%
Uruguayan	1,362	0.02%
Venezuelan	6,704	0.11%
Other South American	1,084	0.02%

Other Hispanic	51,686	0.84%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	104,597	1.70%
Chinese	81,965	1.33%
Filipino	49,057	0.80%
Korean	46,542	0.76%
Vietnamese	27,556	0.45%
Japanese	6,702	0.11%
Burmese	6,054	0.10%
Bangladeshi	5,371	0.09%
Taiwanese	4,725	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,654,867	80.2%
Spanish	504,449	8.7%
Other Indo-European	141,749	2.4%
Other	136,826	2.4%
Chinese	71,876	1.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	71,457	1.2%
Other Asian	56,588	1.0%
Korean	36,327	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	33,850	0.6%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	714,769	11.6%
Irish	587,339	9.5%
English	486,161	7.9%
Italian	283,327	4.6%
American	268,856	4.4%
Polish	169,581	2.8%
African	90,427	1.5%
European	89,332	1.4%
Scottish	83,199	1.4%
French	80,327	1.3%
Russian	60,101	1.0%
Nigerian	56,370	0.9%
Jamaican	46,141	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	38,348	0.6%
Ethiopian	38,066	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,721,642	92.9%
Not a citizen	440,065	7.1%

Native	5,196,069	84.3%
Foreign-born	965,638	15.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
162,424	3.8%	221,493	5.2%	1,012,724	23.8%	1,064,708	25.0%	952,916	22.4%	845,830	19.9%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	162,424	3.8%
9-12 Years	221,493	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,012,724	23.8%
Some College	1,064,708	25.0%
Bach. Degree	952,916	22.4%
Grad Degree	845,830	19.9%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,574,512	2,463,299	111,213	4.3%
1991	2,616,219	2,460,855	155,364	5.9%
1992	2,655,432	2,481,617	173,815	6.5%
1993	2,661,633	2,502,494	159,139	6.0%
1994	2,689,240	2,549,050	140,190	5.2%
1995	2,712,760	2,577,828	134,932	5.0%
1996	2,749,094	2,613,028	136,066	4.9%
1997	2,771,028	2,637,898	133,130	4.8%
1998	2,763,127	2,645,647	117,480	4.3%
1999	2,770,087	2,674,308	95,779	3.5%

2000	2,801,396	2,702,435	98,961	3.5%
2001	2,836,286	2,717,446	118,840	4.2%
2002	2,872,366	2,734,978	137,388	4.8%
2003	2,881,029	2,742,967	138,062	4.8%
2004	2,885,111	2,752,186	132,925	4.6%
2005	2,931,579	2,799,960	131,619	4.5%
2006	2,984,447	2,860,051	124,396	4.2%
2007	2,989,316	2,877,993	111,323	3.7%
2008	3,027,935	2,891,509	136,426	4.5%
2009	3,049,871	2,819,399	230,472	7.6%

2010	3,078,369	2,836,946	241,423	7.8%
2011	3,097,300	2,870,857	226,443	7.3%
2012	3,120,949	2,906,518	214,431	6.9%
2013	3,128,911	2,924,630	204,281	6.5%
2014	3,125,018	2,945,911	179,107	5.7%
2015	3,139,990	2,983,083	156,907	5.0%
2016	3,155,924	3,020,832	135,092	4.3%
2017	3,202,705	3,071,963	130,742	4.1%
2018	3,215,109	3,092,581	122,528	3.8%
2019	3,269,709	3,155,740	113,969	3.5%

2020	3,172,798	2,958,288	214,510	6.8%
2021	3,173,291	3,005,067	168,224	5.3%
2022	3,171,512	3,068,701	102,811	3.2%
2023	3,184,870	3,117,270	67,600	2.1%
2024	3,247,780	3,149,292	98,488	3.0%

Migration Data for Maryland

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
Virginia	276,494
District Of Columbia	182,443
Pennsylvania	134,936
Florida	110,345
New York	100,576
California	79,664
Texas	72,892
North Carolina	70,695
New Jersey	64,631
Delaware	54,128
Georgia	50,710
West Virginia	33,008
South Carolina	26,358
Ohio	26,186
Massachusetts	24,880

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
Virginia	280,723
Florida	161,028
Pennsylvania	150,567
District of Columbia	148,022
North Carolina	94,827
Texas	94,539
California	89,520
New York	79,187
Delaware	69,240
Georgia	59,712
New Jersey	51,912
West Virginia	43,684
South Carolina	43,028
Ohio	29,684
Colorado	27,457

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,531,075
Median Value	$380,500

Occupied	2,318,124	91.6%
Vacant	212,951	8.4%

Owned	1,564,056	67.5%
Rented	754,068	32.5%
Median Rent	$1,598

Single-Family Units	1,837,025	72.6%
Detached	1,303,084	51.5%
Attached	533,941	21.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	569,061	22.5%
Mobile Homes	32,483	1.3%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Maryland

2022 Housing Data for Maryland

2022 Income & Employment Data for Maryland

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Maryland

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Maryland

Historical Labor Force Data for Maryland

Migration Data for Maryland

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