Maryland Population Rose 7% Over Past Decades But Areas Including Baltimore City Lost Residents, Census Finds

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland recorded 7% much residents successful the 2020 U.S. Census than successful the 2010 count, according to information released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Maryland’s colonisation roseate from 5,773,553 to 6,177,224 implicit the decade.

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The authorities number is somewhat little than the numbers utilized for apportionment of legislature representatives since those numbers see overseas U.S. citizens who antecedently lived successful Maryland. The Census helps find however national funds are spent connected things similar education, infrastructure and wellness care.

“Despite these challenges, the information of 2.2 cardinal households successful the 2020 Census and Maryland’s fig 9 self-response ranking of each states means captious national backing for our authorities implicit the adjacent 10 years,” Gov. Larry Hogan said successful a statement. “The Census information volition besides beryllium utilized for the upcoming redistricting process. Free and just elections are the instauration of American ideology and it’s clip for leaders connected some sides of the aisle to extremity the signifier of gerrymandering.”

Hogan has called for nonpartisan redistricting reform, an effort that has mostly stalled successful the General Assembly. In January, helium signed an enforcement bid to found the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission, which volition hole legislature and legislative redistricting plans. To date, the sheet has held the archetypal of 3 rounds of nationalist meetings.

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“While this earthy information volition beryllium utilized arsenic the instauration for redistricting, Maryland instrumentality requires it to beryllium adjusted to person incarcerated individuals reallocated to their past known address,” said Maryland Department of Planning Secretary Rob McCord. “Preliminary enactment has been done to comply with this request and completion is expected by the archetypal week of September.”

On the section level, Frederick and Howard counties saw the largest colonisation maturation portion Somerset and Allegany counties and Baltimore City saw the largest declines. The city’s colonisation peaked astatine astir 1 cardinal residents successful 1950. Over the past 10 years, the city’s colonisation has dropped 5.7% to 585,708.

Mayor Brandon Scott said Thursday helium is committed to reversing that decline.

“Understanding that overmuch of Baltimore’s 21st period colonisation nonaccomplishment has been driven by an exodus of African American households, my medication volition beryllium focused connected equitable economical development. We tin nary longer permission immoderate country of our metropolis behind,” Scott said.

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He highlighted efforts to curb convulsive crime, summation entree to lodging and enactment minority-owned and women-owned businesses.

CBS Baltimore Staff