Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis population, 2020 to 2024

Annapolis lost 168 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +56. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Annapolis is 4.0 times that size.

Annapolis covers 7.21 square miles of land and 0.91 of water, for 5,643 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Annapolis is denser than the typical town.

What county Annapolis is in

All of Annapolis's residents live in Anne Arundel County, which had 602,350 residents in 2024. Annapolis holds 6.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Annapolis

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Annapolis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 21401, 21403. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Annapolis is

The Census internal point of Annapolis is at 38.972200, -76.505300. That is next to the Annapolis capitol point. The nearest larger place is Bowie, MD (58,421 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 23.4 miles away.

Daylight in Annapolis

At 38.97° N, Annapolis gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Annapolis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Bowie, 12.6 miles away, with 58,421 people.