Talbot County, Maryland

Talbot County population, land area and income

Talbot County had 38,244 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 268.6 square miles of land. It ranks 19th of 24 in Maryland by population and 21st by land area. That works out to 142.4 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 Talbot County has 34% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $80,371 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Talbot County's population changed since 2020

Talbot County gained 722 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.9%. That ranks 15th 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, Talbot County recorded 1,443 births and 2,362 deaths, a natural change of -919. Net international migration added +477 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,179. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,179 people.

Where Talbot County is

The Census internal point of Talbot County is at 38.748300, -76.178500. 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 Talbot County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Talbot County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Talbot County, 19,926 people together, or 52% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Talbot County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Easton with 17,381.

Counties bordering Talbot County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Talbot County. 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

  27 mi NW

• Calvert County

  94,913 people

  25 mi SW

• Queen Anne's County

  53,688 people

  21 mi NNE

• Caroline County

  34,248 people

  21 mi ENE

• Dorchester County

  33,138 people

  23 mi SSE

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 23.2 miles NW of Talbot County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD (population 568,271), 44.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Easton, MD (population 17,381), 6.2 miles away.

Talbot County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Talbot County is 24041: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 041. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $80,371.