Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Queen Anne's County population, land area and income

Queen Anne's County had 53,688 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 371.7 square miles of land. It ranks 18th of 24 in Maryland by population and 15th by land area. That works out to 144.5 people per square mile, 1.5 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Maryland has 111,399 residents, so Queen Anne's County has 48% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $112,527 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Queen Anne's County's population changed since 2020

Queen Anne's County gained 3,655 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 7.3%. That ranks 2nd 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, Queen Anne's County recorded 2,212 births and 2,140 deaths, a natural change of +72. Net international migration added +614 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +3,106. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 3,106 people.

Where Queen Anne's County is

The Census internal point of Queen Anne's County is at 39.040700, -76.082400. 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 Queen Anne's County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Queen Anne's County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Queen Anne's County, 4,771 people together, or 9% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Queen Anne's County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Centreville with 4,771.

Counties bordering Queen Anne's County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Queen Anne's County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Anne Arundel County, MD, with 602,350 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Anne Arundel County

  602,350 people

  26 mi W

• DE

  Kent County, DE

  192,690 people

  31 mi E

• Talbot County

  38,244 people

  21 mi SSW

• Caroline County

  34,248 people

  18 mi SE

• Kent County

  19,557 people

  14 mi N

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 22.3 miles W of Queen Anne's County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD (population 568,271), 33.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Easton, MD (population 17,381), 18.3 miles away.

Queen Anne's County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Queen Anne's County is 24035: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 035. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $112,527.