Maryland · Census place 2418750
College Park, Maryland
College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland with an estimated 34,667 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 34,667
- #8 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -45 people
- Land area
- 5.6 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 6,169 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
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College Park population, 2020 to 2024
College Park lost 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +233. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so College Park is 3.4 times that size.
College Park covers 5.62 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 6,169 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so College Park is denser than the typical town.
What county College Park is in
All of College Park's residents live in Prince George's County, which had 966,629 residents in 2024. College Park holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in College Park
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap College Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 20740, 20742. 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 College Park is
The Census internal point of College Park is at 38.996300, -76.935600. Annapolis, the capital, is 23.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, DC (702,250 people), 7.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.996300, -76.935600
- DMS
- 38°59'46.68"N 76°56'8.16"W
- UTM
- 18N 332377.6E 4318148.1N
- Geohash
- dqcmc711y
- Plus code
- 87C5X3W7+GQ
Daylight in College Park
At 39.00° N, College Park gets about 14 h 55 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 College Park
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Berwyn Heights, 1.2 miles away, with 3,325 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of College Park, MD?
34,667 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 45 (0.1%) from 34,712 in July 2020.
What county is College Park in?
Prince George's County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover College Park?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 20740, 20742.
How far is College Park from Annapolis?
23.9 miles (38.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from College Park.
What is the nearest larger city to College Park?
Washington, DC, with 702,250 residents, 7.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.