Maryland · Census place 2407850

Bladensburg, Maryland

Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland with an estimated 9,635 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,635
#25 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-8 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
9,732 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Bladensburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Bladensburg population, 2020 to 2024

Bladensburg lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +95. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Bladensburg is 95% of it.

9,64320209,54920219,51520229,54020239,6352024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,663. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bladensburg covers 0.99 square miles of land, for 9,732 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Bladensburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Bladensburg is in

All of Bladensburg's residents live in Prince George's County, which had 966,629 residents in 2024. Bladensburg holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bladensburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bladensburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 20710. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bladensburg is

The Census internal point of Bladensburg is at 38.942400, -76.925900. Annapolis, the capital, is 23.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hyattsville, MD (21,052 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 5.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.942400, -76.925900
DMS
38°56'32.64"N 76°55'33.24"W
UTM
18N 333091.1E 4312148.2N
Geohash
dqcm990rb
Plus code
87C5W3RF+XJ

Daylight in Bladensburg

At 38.94° N, Bladensburg 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 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bladensburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Edmonston, 0.6 miles away, with 1,609 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bladensburg, MD?

9,635 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.1%) from 9,643 in July 2020.

What county is Bladensburg in?

Prince George's County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bladensburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20710.

How far is Bladensburg from Annapolis?

23.5 miles (37.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Bladensburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Bladensburg?

Hyattsville, MD, with 21,052 residents, 2.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.