Facts
- Population
- 602,350 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.6 %
- Net migration
- -833 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4 % (2025)
- State
- Maryland
- Population base, April 2020
- 592,643 (2020)
- Births
- 6,806 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.3
- Deaths
- 4,731 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,075
- International migration
- 2,038 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -2,871 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.4
- Postal code
- MD
- FIPS code
- 24003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 % |
| 2024 | 2.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.0 % |
| 2022 | 2.7 % |
| 2021 | 4.4 % |
| 2020 | 5.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.6 % |
| 2016 | 3.7 % |
| 2015 | 4.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 602,350 |
| 2023 | 599,965 |
| 2022 | 598,751 |
| 2021 | 596,354 |
| 2020 | 593,412 |