Maryland · Census place 2466000
Ridgely, Maryland
Ridgely is a town in Caroline County, Maryland with an estimated 1,646 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,646
- #82 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- +2.1%
- +34 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 885 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
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Ridgely population, 2020 to 2024
Ridgely added 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +22.
Ridgely covers 1.86 square miles of land, for 885 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Ridgely is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ridgely is in
All of Ridgely's residents live in Caroline County, which had 34,248 residents in 2024. Ridgely holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ridgely
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ridgely by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21660. 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 Ridgely is
The Census internal point of Ridgely is at 38.952900, -75.882700. Annapolis, the capital, is 32.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greensboro, MD (1,969 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 45.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.952900, -75.882700
- DMS
- 38°57'10.44"N 75°52'57.72"W
- UTM
- 18N 423514.2E 4311920.3N
- Geohash
- dqfj95pvh
- Plus code
- 87C6X438+5W
Daylight in Ridgely
At 38.95° N, Ridgely 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 Ridgely
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Greensboro, 4.3 miles away, with 1,969 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ridgely, MD?
1,646 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 34 (2.1%) from 1,612 in July 2020.
What county is Ridgely in?
Caroline County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ridgely?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21660.
How far is Ridgely from Annapolis?
32.7 miles (52.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Ridgely.
What is the nearest larger city to Ridgely?
Greensboro, MD, with 1,969 residents, 4.3 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.