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Edgewood, Maryland

11,547 Black residents · 44.9% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 25,713 people in Edgewood, Maryland, and 11,547 of them — 44.9% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Edgewood is built on.

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Black share of state population — Maryland highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202025,713
Black residents (alone), 202011,547
Black share of the place, 202044.9%
Rank by Black population among Maryland places37 of 536

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 two-census record for Edgewood: 10,466 Black residents in 2010 and 11,547 in 2020. The population grew by 10.3%, and the Black share in Edgewood moved from 40.9% to 44.9%.

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

Of the 536 places the Census Bureau counts in Maryland, Edgewood ranks 37 by Black population, with 11,547 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Edgewood within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

The institutions of Edgewood — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 25,713 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Edgewood: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.