Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County population, land area and income

Garrett County had 28,393 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 649.1 square miles of land. It ranks 22nd of 24 in Maryland by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 43.7 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Maryland has 111,399 residents, so Garrett County has 25% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $65,991 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Garrett County's population changed since 2020

Garrett County lost 404 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.4%. That ranks 23rd 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, Garrett County recorded 1,033 births and 1,663 deaths, a natural change of -630. Net international migration added +53 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +168. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 630 people.

Where Garrett County is

The Census internal point of Garrett County is at 39.547300, -79.274600. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades Maryland's 24 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Garrett County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Garrett County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Garrett County, 3,931 people together, or 14% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Garrett County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Mountain Lake Park with 2,118.

Counties bordering Garrett County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Garrett County, including 5 across a state line. The most populous is Fayette County, PA, with 123,941 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• PA

  Fayette County, PA

  123,941 people

  32 mi NW

• PA

  Somerset County, PA

  72,134 people

  33 mi NNE

• Allegany County

  67,097 people

  31 mi E

• WV

  Preston County, WV

  34,055 people

  22 mi WSW

• WV

  Mineral County, WV

  26,778 people

  20 mi ESE

• WV

  Grant County, WV

  10,971 people

  31 mi S

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 154.0 miles ESE of Garrett County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA (population 307,668), 72.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cumberland, MD (population 18,643), 28.4 miles away.

Garrett County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Garrett County is 24023: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 023. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $65,991.