North East, Maryland

North East population, 2020 to 2024

North East added 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

North East covers 2.04 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,054 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so North East is less dense than the typical town.

What county North East is in

All of North East's residents live in Cecil County, which had 106,305 residents in 2024. North East holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North East

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap North East by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21901, 21921. 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 North East is

The Census internal point of North East is at 39.608000, -75.941700. Annapolis, the capital, is 52.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elkton, MD (15,977 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 41.6 miles away.

Daylight in North East

At 39.61° N, North East gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North East

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Charlestown, 3.0 miles away, with 1,538 people.