Cambridge, Maryland

Cambridge population, 2020 to 2024

Cambridge added 171 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +68. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Cambridge is 1.3 times that size.

Cambridge covers 10.65 square miles of land and 2.30 of water, for 1,245 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Cambridge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cambridge is in

All of Cambridge's residents live in Dorchester County, which had 33,138 residents in 2024. Cambridge holds 40.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cambridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cambridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 21613. 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 Cambridge is

The Census internal point of Cambridge is at 38.554100, -76.077100. Annapolis, the capital, is 36.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Easton, MD (17,381 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 56.1 miles away.

Daylight in Cambridge

At 38.55° N, Cambridge gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cambridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Trappe, 7.7 miles away, with 1,472 people.