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Middle River, Maryland
10,836 Black residents · 32.6% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 33,203 people in Middle River, Maryland, and 10,836 of them — 32.6% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Middle River is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 33,203 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,836 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 32.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Maryland places | 39 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 Middle River: 5,695 Black residents in 2010 and 10,836 in 2020. The population grew by 90.3%, and the Black share in Middle River moved from 22.6% to 32.6%.
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 gazetteer enters Middle River among Maryland's 536 counted places, at rank 39 by Black population on a count of 10,836. The figures for Middle River are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Middle River is a place of 33,203 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Middle River itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.