Facts
- Population
- 852,425 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.2 %
- Net migration
- -842 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- Maryland
- Population base, April 2020
- 854,524 (2020)
- Births
- 9,238 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.8
- Deaths
- 8,560 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 678
- International migration
- 5,161 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -6,003 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.0
- Postal code
- MD
- FIPS code
- 24005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 2.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.3 % |
| 2020 | 6.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 4.0 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 4.6 % |
| 2015 | 5.2 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 852,425 |
| 2023 | 848,676 |
| 2022 | 848,873 |
| 2021 | 850,670 |
| 2020 | 853,338 |