POPULATION

In the 1990 federal census, the State's population was 4,781,468. Its 1994 estimated population was 5,006,265. Among the states (including the District of Columbia), Maryland in 1994 ranked 19th in population and 6th in population density with 512.14 persons per square land mile.

	1990 Census	1995 Estimated	2000 Projected	2010 Projected
Maryland	4,781,468	5,042,438	5,314,450	5,738,350
Allegany County	74,946	73,954	77,500	78,000
Anne Arundel County	427,239	461,807	480,200	511,200
Baltimore City	736,014	691,131	691,800	672,500
Baltimore County	692,134	715,360	723,000	739,000
Calvert County	51,372	64,598	78,200	96,000
Caroline County	27,035	29,072	30,600	32,900
Carroll County	123,372	140,203	149,300	178,100
Cecil County	71,347	78,174	83,700	92,700
Charles County	101,154	111,633	131,100	151,800
Dorchester County	30,236	30,170	31,850	31,750
Frederick County	150,208	175,399	203,200	243,600
Garrett County	28,138	29,461	30,200	31,750
Harford County	182,132	205,367	226,600	246,600
Howard County	187,328	219,125	245,600	288,700
Kent County	17,842	18,736	19,050	9,550
Montgomery County	757,027	809,569	855,000	945,000
Prince George's County	729,268	767,413	812,100	890,300
Queen Anne's County	33,953	36,992	41,600	47,600
St. Mary's County	75,974	81,037	88,600	100,500
Somerset County	23,440	24,431	25,400	26,850
Talbot County	30,549	32,405	33,400	35,400
Washington County	121,393	127,199	131,500	138,500
Wicomico County	74,339	79,256	84,000	92,600
Worcester County	35,028	39,946	43,300	48,200

INCORPORATED CITIES OVER 10,000 POPULATION
	1990 Census	1994 (est.)
Baltimore	736,014	702,979
Rockville	44,835	47,078
Frederick	40,148	46,630
Gaithersburg	39,542	43,259
Bowie	37,589	39,345
Hagerstown	35,445	38,510
Annapolis	33,187	34,169
Cumberland	23,706	23,901
Salisbury	20,592	22,204
Greenbelt	21,096	20,711
Laurel	19,438	21,567
College Park	21,927	21,320
Takoma Park	16,700	16,933
Hyattsville	13,864	14,532
Westminster	13,068	14,512
Aberdeen	13,087	13,458
Cambridge	11,514	11,673
New Carrollton	12,002	11,672
Easton	9,372	10,976

UNINCORPORATED AREAS OVER 20,000 POPULATION
	1990 Census
Silver Spring	76,046
Columbia	75,883
Dundalk	65,800
Bethesda	62,938
Wheaton-Glenmont	53,720
Towson	49,445
Potomac	45,634
Aspen Hill	45,494
Ellicott City	41,398
Germantown	41,145
Essex	40,872
Glen Burnie	37,305
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor	35,794
Catonsville	35,233
Suitland-Silver Hill	35,111
Woodlawn	32,907
Montgomery Village	32,315
Parkville	31,617
Chillum	31,309
North Bethesda	29,650
St. Charles	28,717
South Gate	27,564
Bel Air South	26,421
Randallstown	26,277
Severna Park	25,879
Carney	25,578
Lochearn	25,240
Pikesville	24,815
Middle River	24,616
Severn	24,499
Fort Washington	24,032
Edgewood	23,903
Olney	23,019
Perry Hall	22,723
Milford Mill	22,547
Arnold	20,261

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