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Salisbury, Maryland
13,897 Black residents · 42.0% of the place
Salisbury is a city in Maryland, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 33,050 residents in all, 13,897 of them Black alone — 42.0% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 33,050 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 13,897 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 42.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Maryland places | 24 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Salisbury grew — 10,441 in 2010 and 13,897 in 2020, a change of +33.1%. The Black share of Salisbury moved from 34.4% to 42.0% over the same span.
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
Salisbury stands in the gazetteer as one of the 536 places the Census Bureau counts in Maryland. Salisbury's Black population of 13,897 ranks 24 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Salisbury as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Salisbury, a place of 33,050, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Salisbury itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.