Worcester County, Maryland

Worcester County population, land area and income

Worcester County had 54,337 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 468.3 square miles of land. It ranks 17th of 24 in Maryland by population and 7th by land area. That works out to 116.0 people per square mile, 1.2 times the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Maryland has 111,399 residents, so Worcester County has 49% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $75,459 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Worcester County's population changed since 2020

Worcester County gained 1,815 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.5%. That ranks 4th 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, Worcester County recorded 1,840 births and 3,140 deaths, a natural change of -1,300. Net international migration added +365 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,848. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,848 people.

Where Worcester County is

The Census internal point of Worcester County is at 38.222100, -75.309900. 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 Worcester County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Worcester County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Worcester County, 18,902 people together, or 35% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Worcester County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Ocean City with 6,884.

Counties bordering Worcester County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Worcester County, including 2 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

  31 mi N

• Wicomico County

  106,329 people

  20 mi WNW

• VA

  Accomack County, VA

  33,411 people

  40 mi SW

• Somerset County

  25,241 people

  31 mi WSW

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 82.5 miles NW of Worcester County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Hampton, VA (population 137,596), 97.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Salisbury, MD (population 33,616), 18.3 miles away.

Worcester County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Worcester County is 24047: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 047. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $75,459.