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Calvert County, Maryland
12,100 Black residents · 13.0% of the county · ranked 13 of 24 in Maryland by Black population
The gazetteer enters Calvert County, Maryland, on its published figures: a total population of 92,783 in 2020, with 12,100 Black residents counted alone — 13.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 92,783 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,100 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 13.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Maryland counties | 13 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 Calvert County: 11,930 Black residents in 2010, 12,100 in 2020 — grew by 1.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 13.4% to 13.0%.
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; Calvert County holds 12,100 of it, rank 13 in the state's order. The county page for Calvert County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Calvert County, 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 Calvert County page gives the frame they stand in: 92,783 residents in all, 12,100 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.