Baltimore-Towson, MD

1950‑1959:		Baltimore, MD SMA
1959‑1983:		Baltimore, MD SMSA
1983‑1992:		Baltimore, MD MSA
1992‑2003:		Baltimore, MD PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
2003‑2006:		Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Anne Arundel County, MD	117,392	206,634	297,539	370,775	427,239	489,656	509,397

Baltimore County, MD	270,273	492,428	621,077	655,615	692,134	754,292	783,405

Carroll County, MD	44,907	52,785	69,006	96,356	123,372	150,897	168,397

Harford County, MD	51,782	76,722	115,378	145,930	182,132	218,590	238,850

Howard County, MD	23,119	36,152	61,911	118,572	187,328	247,842	269,174

Queen Anne's County, MD	14,579	16,569	18,422	25,508	33,953	40,563	45,469

Baltimore city, MD	949,708	939,024	905,759	786,775	736,014	651,154	636,377



Total	1,337,373	1,727,023	2,070,670	2,174,023	2,382,172	2,552,994	2,651,069
Percent Change	-	29.1%	19.9%	5.0%	9.6%	7.2%	3.8%



Total (as currently defined)	1,471,760	1,820,314	2,089,092	2,199,531	2,382,172	2,552,994	2,651,069
Percent Change	-	23.7%	14.8%	5.3%	8.3%	7.2%	3.8%

Timeline

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1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

Anne Arundel County, MD

Baltimore County, MD

Carroll County, MD

Harford County, MD

Howard County, MD

Queen Anne's County, MD

Baltimore city, MD

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Baltimore, MD	949,708	*	939,024	*	905,759	*	786,775	*	736,014	*	651,154	*	635,815	*

Annapolis, MD	10,047		23,385		29,592		31,740		33,187	*	35,838	*	36,300



Total	949,708		939,024		905,759		786,775		769,201		686,992		635,815
Metro	1,337,373		1,727,023		2,070,670		2,174,023		2,382,172		2,552,994		2,651,069
Percent	71.0%		54.4%		43.7%		36.2%		32.3%		26.9%		24.0%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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1960

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City

Baltimore, MD

Annapolis, MD

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,176,446	88.0%
		UA Population		1,160,550	86.8%
	Rural Population			160,927	12.0%

	Inside Central Cities			949,708	71.0%
	Outside Central Cities			387,665	29.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,337,373	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Baltimore, MD		1,161,852	1,160,550	99.9%

	Total			1,160,550


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,467,694	85.0%
		UA Population		1,418,948	82.2%
	Rural Population			259,329	15.0%

	Inside Central Cities			939,024	54.4%
	Outside Central Cities			787,999	45.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,727,023	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Baltimore, MD		1,418,948	1,418,948	100.0%

	Total			1,418,948


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,744,574	84.3%
		UA Population		1,579,781	76.3%
	Rural Population			326,096	15.7%

	Inside Central Cities			905,759	43.7%
	Outside Central Cities			1,164,911	56.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,070,670	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Baltimore, MD		1,579,781	1,579,781	100.0%

	Total			1,579,781


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,917,483	87.2%
		UA Population		1,835,263	83.4%
	Rural Population			282,048	12.8%

	Inside Central Cities			818,515	37.2%
	Outside Central Cities			1,381,016	62.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,199,531	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Annapolis, MD		64,447	64,447	100.0%
	Baltimore, MD		1,755,477	1,755,477	100.0%
	Washington, DC-MD-VA		2,763,105	15,339	0.6%

	Total			1,835,263


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,076,537	87.2%
		UA Population		1,990,684	83.6%
	Rural Population			305,635	12.8%

	Inside Central Cities			769,201	32.3%
	Outside Central Cities			1,612,971	67.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,382,172	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Annapolis, MD		78,590	78,590	100.0%
	Baltimore, MD		1,889,873	1,889,873	100.0%
	Washington, DC-MD-VA		3,363,031	22,221	0.7%

	Total			1,990,684


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,309,165	90.4%
		UA Population		2,259,877	88.5%
	Rural Population			243,829	9.6%

	Inside Principal Cities			651,154	25.5%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,901,840	74.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,552,994	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Aberdeen-Havre de Grace-Bel Air, MD		174,598	167,871	96.1%
	Baltimore, MD		2,076,354	2,025,384	97.5%
	Washington, DC-VA-MD		3,933,920	1,588	0.0%
	Westminster, MD		65,034	65,034	100.0%

	Total			2,259,877


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Baltimore, MD SMA
-		Anne Arundel County, MD included as original SMA component
-		Baltimore County, MD included as original SMA component
-		Baltimore city, MD included as original SMA component
-		Baltimore, MD designated as original central city of new SMA


Jun 1959



-		Carroll County, MD added
-		Howard County, MD added


Mar 1967



-		Harford County, MD added


Jun 1983



-		Queen Anne's County, MD added
-		Annapolis, MD designated as central city of MSA


Dec 1992



-		Baltimore, MD MSA became Baltimore, MD PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Baltimore, MD PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA became Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
-		Annapolis, MD no longer designated as principal/central city

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