Facts
- Population
- 157,228 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.6 %
- Net migration
- 1,012 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- Maryland
- Population base, April 2020
- 154,707 (2020)
- Births
- 1,595 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.1
- Deaths
- 1,865 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -270
- International migration
- 306 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 706 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.4
- Postal code
- MD
- FIPS code
- 24043
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 3.5 % |
| 2023 | 2.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 5.1 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.8 % |
| 2018 | 4.4 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.1 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 157,228 |
| 2023 | 156,116 |
| 2022 | 155,407 |
| 2021 | 155,117 |
| 2020 | 154,677 |