Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore population, 2020 to 2024

Baltimore lost 14,918 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +754. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Baltimore is 56.0 times that size.

Baltimore covers 80.95 square miles of land and 11.10 of water, for 7,020 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Baltimore is denser than the typical town.

What county Baltimore is in

All of Baltimore's residents live in Baltimore city, which had 568,271 residents in 2024. Baltimore holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Baltimore

26 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Baltimore by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 21201, 21202, 21205, 21206, 21207, 21209, 21210, 21211, 21212, 21213, 21214, 21215, 21216, 21217, 21218, 21223, 21224, 21225, 21226, 21229, 21230, 21231, 21233, 21239, 21251, 21287. 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 Baltimore is

The Census internal point of Baltimore is at 39.300000, -76.610500. Annapolis, the capital, is 23.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, DC (702,250 people), 35.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Baltimore

At 39.30° N, Baltimore gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Baltimore daylight page.

Places near Baltimore

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Laurel, 19.5 miles away, with 30,238 people.