Facts
- Population
- 265,514 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.8 %
- Net migration
- 761 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- Maryland
- Population base, April 2020
- 260,932 (2020)
- Births
- 2,628 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.9
- Deaths
- 2,451 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Natural change, 2023
- 177
- International migration
- 297 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 464 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.9
- Postal code
- MD
- FIPS code
- 24025
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 2.9 % |
| 2023 | 2.1 % |
| 2022 | 2.8 % |
| 2021 | 4.4 % |
| 2020 | 5.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.1 % |
| 2015 | 4.9 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 265,514 |
| 2023 | 264,771 |
| 2022 | 263,908 |
| 2021 | 263,348 |
| 2020 | 261,245 |