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Maryland population 2026

Q: What is the population of Maryland in 2026?

The latest official figure is 6,265,347, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Maryland would have about 6.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Maryland has 6,265,347 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 20,033 more than a year earlier (+0.32%). It is 19th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 1.8% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 6.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Maryland in numbers

Population: 6.3 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.32% +20,033 people
Change since 2020: +1.41% from 6.2 million
Share of the US: 1.8% 19th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 249per km² 25,151 km²
Births in the year: 65 thousand deaths: 54 thousand
International migration: +21 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: −12 thousand more people left than moved in

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 11,444, 20,503 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 12,127 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

That is about as many people as El Salvador (6.4 million).

Population of Maryland by year

6.3M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	5,788,784
2011	5,840,241
2012	5,888,375
2013	5,925,197
2014	5,960,064
2015	5,988,528
2016	6,007,014
2017	6,028,186
2018	6,042,153
2019	6,054,954
2020	6,178,387
2021	6,176,035
2022	6,183,257
2023	6,204,927
2024	6,245,314
2025	6,265,347

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	6,265,347	+20,033	+0.32%
2024	6,245,314	+40,387	+0.65%
2023	6,204,927	+21,670	+0.35%
2022	6,183,257	+7,222	+0.12%
2021	6,176,035	−2,352	−0.04%
2020	6,178,387	+123,433	+2.04%
2019	6,054,954	+12,801	+0.21%
2018	6,042,153	+13,967	+0.23%
2017	6,028,186	+21,172	+0.35%
2016	6,007,014	+18,486	+0.31%
2015	5,988,528	+28,464	+0.48%
2014	5,960,064	+34,867	+0.59%
2013	5,925,197	+36,822	+0.63%
2012	5,888,375	+48,134	+0.82%
2011	5,840,241	+51,457	+0.89%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Maryland among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Maryland

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Baltimore585,708
Columbia99,615
Germantown86,395
Silver Spring71,452
Frederick69,479
Waldorf67,752

Questions

What is the population of Maryland in 2026?

The latest official figure is 6,265,347, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Maryland would have about 6.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Maryland’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 20,033 people (+0.32%) in the latest year, and has changed +1.41% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 11,444, 20,503 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 12,127 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

How does Maryland rank in the US?

Maryland is 19th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 1.8% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Maryland?

About 249 people per km², on 25,151 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Maryland?

Baltimore, with about 586 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Maryland population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/maryland/

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