Maryland · Census place 2485100

Williamsport, Maryland

Williamsport is a town in Washington County, Maryland with an estimated 2,102 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,102
#72 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+24 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
2,145 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Williamsport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Williamsport population, 2020 to 2024

Williamsport added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

2,07820202,06820212,07720222,09020232,1022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,085. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Williamsport covers 0.98 square miles of land, for 2,145 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Williamsport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Williamsport is in

All of Williamsport's residents live in Washington County, which had 157,228 residents in 2024. Williamsport holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williamsport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamsport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21795. 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 Williamsport is

The Census internal point of Williamsport is at 39.597300, -77.818000. Annapolis, the capital, is 82.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hagerstown, MD (43,909 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 64.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.597300, -77.818000
DMS
39°35'50.28"N 77°49'4.80"W
UTM
18N 258030.8E 4386857.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F4H5WJ+WR

Daylight in Williamsport

At 39.60° N, Williamsport 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 Williamsport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Hagerstown, 5.9 miles away, with 43,909 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Williamsport, MD?

2,102 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (1.2%) from 2,078 in July 2020.

What county is Williamsport in?

Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Williamsport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21795.

How far is Williamsport from Annapolis?

82.8 miles (133.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Williamsport.

What is the nearest larger city to Williamsport?

Hagerstown, MD, with 43,909 residents, 5.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.