Maryland Population 2024

Maryland (U.S. state abbreviation is 'MD') is a state in the mid-atlantic region of United States, borders Pennsylvania to the north, New Jersey and Delaware to the east, Virginia to the west and south. Maryland population in 2024 is estimated to be 6.12 million, ranks 19th populous state in the United States. Maryland population decreased by 12,553 people since from the last census of 2020. Its area is 12,407 sq miles (32,133 sq km), ranks 42nd largest in US. Annapolis is the capital city and top cities of Maryland are Baltimore, Frederick, Rockville, Gaithersburg and Bowie. The state of Maryland was formed on 1788, was named after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of England King Charles I. Popular singers from the state are Toni Braxton, Julienne Irwin and Scott Weinrich. The Maryland State House in Annapolis is the oldest state capitol, once served administrative capital of United States. Bovada is not legal in Maryland and other online betting lines. Ocean City, Cambridge , Elkton, Baltimore and Salisbury are the most dangerous cities in Maryland.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Maryland
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Maryland

The projected population of Maryland 6 million in 2019 with the change of 0.33%, compared to 0.30% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, MD population in 2020 is 6,177,224. Maryland population in 2023 is estimated to be 6.16 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 6.16 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 6.2 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	5,788,642
2011	5,838,991	0.87
2012	5,887,072	0.82
2013	5,923,704	0.62
2014	5,958,165	0.58
2015	5,986,717	0.48
2016	6,004,692	0.30
2017	6,024,891	0.34
2018	6,042,718	0.30
2019	6,062,659	0.33
2020	6,177,224	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	6,165,129	-0.20
2022*	6,158,964	-0.10
2023*	6,128,785	-0.49

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Maryland Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Maryland by race are, In terms of Maryland inhabitants by race and groups are, 56.62% belong to White Americans, 29.72% are Black/African Americans, 9.5% are Hispanic/Latino and 6.2% are Asians.

White Population

White population in Maryland are 3,395,212, percentage wise 56.62 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Maryland are 1,782,256, percentage wise 29.72 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Maryland, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Maryland are 373,065, percentage wise 6.22 percent are asians, out of these 94,054 are Asian Indians, 83,801 are Chinese, 49,379 are Filipinos, 7,572 are Japanese, 50,218 are Korean, 25,926 are Vietnamese and 62,115 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Maryland are 573,303. Percentage wise 9.56 percent are hispanics, out of these 95,933 are Mexican people, 50,964 are Puerto Ricans, 13,662 are Cubans, and 412,744 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Natives or American Indians are 16,281, Sioux tribals are 239, Navajo 308, Chippewa tribals are 260 and Cherokee tribals are 1,843. People from Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are 2,830, out of these 733 are Native Hawaiians, 349 are Samoans, 782 are Guamanian/Chamorros.

Total Population	5,996,079	Percent
White	3,395,212	56.62%
Black or African American	1,782,256	29.72%
American Indian and Alaska Native	16,281	0.272%
Cherokee tribal grouping	1,843	0.031%
Chippewa tribal grouping	260	0.004%
Navajo tribal grouping	308	0.005%
Sioux tribal grouping	239	0.004%
Asian Population	373,065	6.22%
Asian Indian	94,054	1.57%
Chinese	83,801	1.40%
Filipino	49,379	0.82%
Japanese	7,572	0.13%
Korean	50,218	0.84%
Vietnamese	25,926	0.43%
Other Asian Population	62,115
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,830	0.05%
Native Hawaiian	733	0.012%
Guamanian or Chamorro	782	0.013%
Samoan	349	0.006%
Other Pacific Islander	966
Some other race	236,834
Hispanic or Latino	573,303	9.56%
Mexican	95,933	1.60%
Puerto Rican	50,964	0.85%
Cuban	13,662	0.23%
Other Hispanic or Latino	412,744

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Maryland

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Baltimore	602,495
2	Frederick	72,146
3	Gaithersburg	68,289
4	Rockville	68,268
5	Bowie	58,682

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Maryland Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, The sex ratio of Maryland is 941, Population of Maryland by age is 5,996,079, out of these 2,906,277 are male, 3,089,802 are female. The Maryland population by age are, under 15 years is 1,116,850, 15 years and over is 4,879,229, 30 years and over is 3,678,266, 65 years and over is 849,185 and 85 years and over is 108,490. 48.47 percent are male, 51.53 percent are female, 18.63 percent are under 15 years old, 81.37 percent are 15 years and over, 61.34 percent are 30 years and over, 14.16 percent are 65 years and over, 1.81 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in MD

The Official language of MD state is English. By native 82% speak English, 7.8% Spanish, 4.4% European language, 3.8% speak Asian languages.
European language speakers, 50331 French, 8650 Italian, 11325 Portuguese, 16126 German, 3988 Yiddish/Pennsylvania Dutch, 9792 Greek, 21676 Russian, 4326 Polish, 2077 Serbo-Croatian, 4568 Ukranian, 1709 Armenian.
Over the Asian language speakers, 19405 Hindi, 10810 Gujarati, 20664 Urdu, 6642 Punjabi, 7867 Bengali, 12,850 Nepali/Marathi, 8251 Telugu, 7150 Tamil, 5200 Malayalam/Kannada.
People from Mid and East Asia speak, 68633 Chinese Manadarin/Cantonese, 39347 Korean, 6198 Japanese, 21276 Vietnamese, 99 Hmong, 2234 Khmer, 4887 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 33226 Tagalog.
4563 Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian, Middle east region, 18125 are Arabic, 6667 are Hebrew.
In terms of African language speakers, 26598 Amharic/Somali, 47120 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 9742 Swahili.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	4,613,252	81.95
Spanish Language	436,910	7.76
European Language	248,751	4.42
Asian Languages	211,132	3.75
Other Languages	119,284	2.12

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Maryland Education

Maryland state high school and degree education statistics are as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		553,039	282,217	270,822
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	62,579	36,542	26,037
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	163,519	93,282	70,237
	Some college or associates degree	253,123	121,747	131,376
	Bachelors degree or higher	73,818	30,646	43,172
Population 25 years and over		4,095,427	1,936,620	2,158,807
	Less than 9th grade	166,515	85,684	80,831
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	251,201	129,603	121,598
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,027,608	506,737	520,871
	Some college, no degree	786,290	363,333	422,957
	Associates degree	266,816	107,039	159,777
	Bachelors degree	860,298	397,918	462,380
	Graduate or professional degree	736,699	346,306	390,393

White		2,267,692	1,091,245	1,176,447
	High school graduate or higher	2,114,378	1,012,841	1,101,537
	Bachelors degree or higher	995,591	482,643	512,948
Black or African		1,174,252	524,648	649,604
	High school graduate or higher	1,053,266	463,651	589,615
	Bachelors degree or higher	335,126	134,750	200,376
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		11,246	5,340	5,906
	High school graduate or higher	8,934	3,966	4,968
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,278	840	1,438
Asian		264,470	121,686	142,784
	High school graduate or higher	239,427	112,288	127,139
	Bachelors degree or higher	167,679	81,097	86,582
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,982	948	1,034
	High school graduate or higher	1,824	874	950
	Bachelors degree or higher	611	348	263
Hispanic or Latino Origin		323,259	169,167	154,092
	High school graduate or higher	208,764	104,618	104,146
	Bachelors degree or higher	69,787	32,910	36,877

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable population stastistics of Maryland state:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	638,104
Male	297,042
Female	341,062
	-
White	388,530
Black or African American	197,087
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,575
Asian	22,284
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	386
Some other race	10,575
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	159,258
With a vision difficulty	110,802
With a cognitive difficulty	237,930
With an ambulatory difficulty	332,940
With a self-care difficulty	122,428
With an independent living difficulty	223,060

Counties of Maryland

Maryland state is subdivided into 23 counties. Montgomery is the largest County having 1 million population in 2017, followed by Prince George's County with 909,308, Baltimore County population with 828,431 and Baltimore City with 602,495 people.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Allegany County	71,386	70,975	-0.6	16	16
Anne Arundel County	571,592	576,031	0.8	5	5
Baltimore County	828,603	828,431	0	3	3
Calvert County	91,365	92,003	0.7	15	15
Caroline County	33,108	33,304	0.6	20	20
Carroll County	167,620	168,429	0.5	9	9
Cecil County	102,573	102,826	0.2	13	14
Charles County	159,451	161,503	1.3	10	10
Dorchester County	32,145	31,998	-0.5	21	21
Frederick County	250,959	255,648	1.9	8	7
Garrett County	29,261	29,163	-0.3	22	22
Harford County	251,890	253,956	0.8	7	8
Howard County	319,374	323,196	1.2	6	6
Kent County	19,437	19,383	-0.3	24	24
Montgomery County	1,048,244	1,052,567	0.4	1	1
Prince George's County	908,801	909,308	0.1	2	2
Queen Anne's County	49,667	50,251	1.2	18	18
St. Mary's County	112,413	112,664	0.2	12	12
Somerset County	25,913	25,675	-0.9	23	23
Talbot County	37,020	36,968	-0.1	19	19
Washington County	150,288	150,926	0.4	11	11
Wicomico County	102,363	103,195	0.8	14	13
Worcester County	51,577	51,823	0.5	17	17
Baltimore city	609,841	602,495	-1.2	4	4