From the College of Journalism, Capital News Service on, Tuesday, December
14, 1999.

^CNS-Political Chart,400<
   ^Eds: Accompanies CNS-Political Muscle and CNS-Baltimore Muscle. First
in the 
   "Maryland's Century" series. For use at your convenience.< ^Population
and Political Power Did Not Always Coincide in 20th Century<
   ^By CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE=
  
    WASHINGTON - Smaller counties exerted political influence that was out
of  proportion to their share of Maryland's population over much of the
20th  century. The chart lists each county's share of the total state
population, by  decade.
COUNTY         1900     1910     1920     1930     1940     1950 Allegany        
4.52     4.82     4.82     4.85     4.78     3.82 Anne Arundel     3.33    
3.05     2.99     3.38     3.75     5.01 Baltimore        42.84    43.11   
50.62    49.33    47.17    40.53 Baltimore Co.     7.64     9.45     5.16    
7.63     8.56    11.54 Calvert         0.86     0.80     0.67     0.58    
0.58     0.52 Caroline         1.37     1.48     1.29     1.07     0.96    
0.78 Carroll         2.85     2.62     2.36     2.21     2.14     1.92
Cecil             2.08     1.83     1.63     1.58     1.45     1.42
Charles         1.49     1.26     1.22     0.99     0.97     1.00
Dorchester         2.35     2.21     1.92     1.64     1.54     1.19
Frederick         4.37     4.07     3.62     3.34     3.15     2.66
Garrett         1.49     1.55     1.36     1.22     1.21     0.91 Harford        
2.38     2.16     2.02     1.94     1.93     2.21 Howard         1.41    
1.24     1.09     0.99     0.94     0.99 Kent             1.58     1.31    
1.04     0.87     0.74     0.58 Montgomery         2.56     2.48     2.41    
3.02     4.61     7.02 Prince George's     2.52     2.79     2.99     3.68    
4.91     8.29 Queen Anne's     1.55     1.30     1.10     0.89     0.79    
0.62 St. Mary's         1.45     1.31     1.11     0.93     0.80     1.24
Somerset         2.18     2.04     1.70     1.43     1.15     0.89 Talbot        
1.71     1.51     1.26     1.14     1.03     0.83 Washington         3.80    
3.83     4.12     4.04     3.78     3.37 Wicomico         1.92     2.07    
1.94     1.91     1.91     1.69 Worcester         1.76     1.69     1.54    
1.33     1.17     0.99
COUNTY         1960     1970     1980     1990     1998* Allegany        
2.71     2.14     1.91     1.57     1.39 Anne Arundel     6.66     7.58    
8.79     8.94     9.27 Baltimore        30.28    23.09    18.66    15.39   
12.57 Baltimore Co.    15.88    15.83    15.55    14.48    14.06 Calvert        
0.51     0.53     0.82     1.07     1.40 Caroline         0.63     0.50    
0.55     0.57     0.57 Carroll         1.70     1.76     2.28     2.58    
2.92 Cecil             1.56     1.36     1.43     1.49     1.61 Charles        
1.05     1.22     1.73     2.12     2.30 Dorchester         0.96     0.75    
0.73     0.63     0.57 Frederick         2.32     2.17     2.72     3.14    
3.64 Garrett         0.66     0.55     0.63     0.59     0.57 Harford        
2.47     2.94     3.46     3.81     4.18 Howard         1.17     1.58    
2.81     3.92     4.60 Kent             0.50     0.41     0.40     0.37    
0.37 Montgomery        11.00    13.33    13.73    15.83    16.38 Prince
Georges's    11.53    16.84    15.77    15.25    15.15 Queen Anne's    
0.53     0.47     0.60     0.71     0.77 St. Mary's         1.26     0.48    
0.46     0.49     0.47 Somerset         0.63     1.21     1.42     1.59    
1.71 Talbot         0.70     0.60     0.61     0.64     0.64 Washington        
2.94     2.65     2.68     2.54     2.48 Wicomico         1.58     1.38    
1.53     1.55     1.55 Worcester         0.77     0.62     0.73     0.73    
0.83
* Estimated.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau.
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