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Landover, Maryland

16,836 Black residents · 64.8% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 25,998 people in Landover, Maryland, and 16,836 of them — 64.8% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Landover 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, 202025,998
Black residents (alone), 202016,836
Black share of the place, 202064.8%
Rank by Black population among Maryland places18 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 Landover: 18,893 Black residents in 2010 and 16,836 in 2020. The population declined by 10.9%, and the Black share in Landover moved from 81.9% to 64.8%.

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

Of the 536 places the Census Bureau counts in Maryland, Landover ranks 18 by Black population, with 16,836 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Landover within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

The institutions of Landover — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 25,998 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Landover: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.