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Baltimore city, Maryland
338,478 Black residents · 57.8% of the county · ranked 2 of 24 in Maryland by Black population
The gazetteer enters Baltimore city, Maryland, on its published figures: a total population of 585,708 in 2020, with 338,478 Black residents counted alone — 57.8% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 585,708 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 338,478 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 57.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Maryland counties | 2 of 24 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Baltimore city: 395,781 Black residents in 2010, 338,478 in 2020 — declined by 14.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 63.7% to 57.8%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
The state's Black population of 1.8 million is spread across 24 counties and county equivalents; Baltimore city holds 338,478 of it, rank 2 in the state's order. The county page for Baltimore city carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Baltimore city, Maryland, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Baltimore city page gives the frame they stand in: 585,708 residents in all, 338,478 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.