Facts
- Population
- 299,317 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 10.2 %
- Net migration
- 4,920 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- Maryland
- Population base, April 2020
- 271,720 (2020)
- Births
- 3,063 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- Deaths
- 2,127 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 936
- International migration
- 1,465 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 3,455 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 16.4
- Postal code
- MD
- FIPS code
- 24021
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 2.7 % |
| 2023 | 1.9 % |
| 2022 | 2.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.0 % |
| 2020 | 5.3 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.2 % |
| 2017 | 3.3 % |
| 2016 | 3.5 % |
| 2015 | 4.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 299,317 |
| 2023 | 294,154 |
| 2022 | 288,316 |
| 2021 | 280,666 |
| 2020 | 272,787 |