Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County population, land area and income

Cecil County had 106,305 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 346.3 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 24 in Maryland by population and 17th by land area. That works out to 307.0 people per square mile, 3.2 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Maryland has 111,399 residents, about the same as Cecil County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $87,592 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Cecil County's population changed since 2020

Cecil County gained 2,500 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.4%. That ranks 9th of 24 in Maryland for growth. The median Maryland county changed by +2.1%, and the state as a whole by +1.4%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Cecil County recorded 4,726 births and 5,210 deaths, a natural change of -484. Net international migration added +526 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,488. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,488 people.

Where Cecil County is

The Census internal point of Cecil County is at 39.562400, -75.941600. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Maryland's 24 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Cecil County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Cecil County

5 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Cecil County, 28,993 people together, or 27% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Cecil County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Elkton with 15,977.

Counties bordering Cecil County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Cecil County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is New Castle County, DE, with 588,093 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• DE

  New Castle County, DE

  588,093 people

  16 mi E

• PA

  Lancaster County, PA

  563,293 people

  37 mi NNW

• PA

  Chester County, PA

  560,745 people

  30 mi NNE

• Harford County

  265,514 people

  19 mi W

• Kent County

  19,557 people

  24 mi SSW

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 49.9 miles SW of Cecil County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD (population 568,271), 40.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Elkton, MD (population 15,977), 7.1 miles away.

Cecil County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Cecil County is 24015: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 015. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $87,592.