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Worcester County, Maryland
6,236 Black residents · 11.9% of the county · ranked 18 of 24 in Maryland by Black population
The gazetteer enters Worcester County, Maryland, on its published figures: a total population of 52,460 in 2020, with 6,236 Black residents counted alone — 11.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 52,460 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,236 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 11.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Maryland counties | 18 of 24 |
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 Worcester County: 7,022 Black residents in 2010, 6,236 in 2020 — declined by 11.2% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 13.6% to 11.9%.
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
Worcester County is one of 24 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Maryland. Together they hold the state's 1.8 million Black residents, and Worcester County's 6,236 of them give it rank 18 of 24 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Worcester County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Worcester County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Worcester County page holds the frame around them — 52,460 people in all, 6,236 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.