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Reisterstown, Maryland

9,443 Black residents · 35.2% of the place

In the published counts, Reisterstown, Maryland, holds 9,443 Black residents among 26,822 people in all — a Black share of 35.2%, against the statewide 29.5%.

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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, 202026,822
Black residents (alone), 20209,443
Black share of the place, 202035.2%
Rank by Black population among Maryland places50 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 published record across two censuses for Reisterstown: 7,609 Black residents in 2010, 9,443 in 2020 — grew by 24.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 29.3% to 35.2%.

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, Reisterstown ranks 50 by Black population, with 9,443 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Reisterstown within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

Reisterstown is a place of 26,822 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 Reisterstown itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.