Kent County, Maryland

Kent County population, land area and income

Kent County had 19,557 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 276.9 square miles of land. It ranks 24th of 24 in Maryland by population and 20th by land area. That works out to 70.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Maryland has 111,399 residents, so Kent County has 18% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $69,781 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Kent County's population changed since 2020

Kent County gained 433 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.3%. That ranks 10th 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, Kent County recorded 639 births and 1,196 deaths, a natural change of -557. Net international migration added +146 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +766. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 766 people.

Where Kent County is

The Census internal point of Kent County is at 39.241300, -76.126000. 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 Kent County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kent County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Kent County, 6,902 people together, or 35% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Kent County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Chestertown with 5,702.

Counties bordering Kent County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Kent County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Baltimore County, MD, with 852,425 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Baltimore County

  852,425 people

  30 mi WNW

• Anne Arundel County

  602,350 people

  29 mi SW

• DE

  New Castle County, DE

  588,093 people

  35 mi NE

• Harford County

  265,514 people

  22 mi NNW

• DE

  Kent County, DE

  192,690 people

  35 mi ESE

• Cecil County

  106,305 people

  24 mi NNE

• Queen Anne's County

  53,688 people

  14 mi S

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 26.7 miles SW of Kent County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD (population 568,271), 26.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Aberdeen, MD (population 18,451), 19.2 miles away.

Kent County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kent County is 24029: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 029. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $69,781.