Wicomico County, Maryland

Wicomico County population, land area and income

Wicomico County had 106,329 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 374.4 square miles of land. It ranks 13th of 24 in Maryland by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 284.0 people per square mile, 3.0 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 Wicomico County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $70,975 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wicomico County's population changed since 2020

Wicomico County gained 2,766 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.7%. That ranks 7th 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, Wicomico County recorded 5,660 births and 4,890 deaths, a natural change of +770. Net international migration added +2,066 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -132. The largest single component was international migration, which added 2,066 people.

Where Wicomico County is

The Census internal point of Wicomico County is at 38.367400, -75.632100. 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 Wicomico County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wicomico County

6 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Wicomico County, 48,116 people together, or 45% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Wicomico County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Salisbury with 33,616.

Counties bordering Wicomico County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Wicomico County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Sussex County, DE, with 271,134 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• DE

  Sussex County, DE

  271,134 people

  26 mi NE

• Worcester County

  54,337 people

  20 mi ESE

• Dorchester County

  33,138 people

  23 mi W

• Somerset County

  25,241 people

  24 mi SSW

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 62.7 miles NW of Wicomico County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD (population 568,271), 83.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Salisbury, MD (population 33,616), 2.5 miles away.

Wicomico County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wicomico County is 24045: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 045. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $70,975.