Facts
- Population
- 174,478 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.7 %
- Net migration
- 1,646 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2 % (2025)
- State
- Maryland
- Population base, April 2020
- 166,598 (2020)
- Births
- 1,683 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Deaths
- 1,401 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 282
- International migration
- 488 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,158 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.4
- Postal code
- MD
- FIPS code
- 24017
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 2.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.0 % |
| 2021 | 5.1 % |
| 2020 | 6.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.4 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.1 % |
| 2015 | 4.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 174,478 |
| 2023 | 172,268 |
| 2022 | 170,376 |
| 2021 | 168,822 |
| 2020 | 166,692 |