Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland population, 2020 to 2024

Cumberland lost 386 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -87. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Cumberland is 1.8 times that size.

Cumberland covers 10.13 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,840 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Cumberland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cumberland is in

All of Cumberland's residents live in Allegany County, which had 67,097 residents in 2024. Cumberland holds 27.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cumberland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cumberland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 21502. 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 Cumberland is

The Census internal point of Cumberland is at 39.651300, -78.758000. Annapolis, the capital, is 129.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Martinsburg, WV (19,047 people), 43.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 84.4 miles away.

Daylight in Cumberland

At 39.65° N, Cumberland gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cumberland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Frostburg, 9.0 miles away, with 6,972 people.