Facts
- Population
- 966,629 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.1 %
- Net migration
- -776 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- Maryland
- Population base, April 2020
- 967,211 (2020)
- Births
- 10,655 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.0
- Deaths
- 7,001 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.2
- Natural change, 2023
- 3,654
- International migration
- 12,358 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -13,134 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.8
- Postal code
- MD
- FIPS code
- 24033
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 2.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.3 % |
| 2021 | 6.6 % |
| 2020 | 7.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.1 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.2 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 966,629 |
| 2023 | 956,533 |
| 2022 | 953,609 |
| 2021 | 956,603 |
| 2020 | 965,398 |