From the College of Journalism, Capital News Service on, Wednesday, December 15, 1999. ^CNS-County Populations Writethru,450< ^Eds: CORRECTS all 1970 data and St. Mary's and Somerset County figures, which were inadvertently flopped from 1970 on. For use with any of the "Maryland's Century" stories. With Population Center Map, which is being faxed separately for your use.< ^Some Counties Left Behind as Maryland's Population Boomed< ^By CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE= WASHINGTON - Maryland's population has grown by more than 300 percent since 1900, with much of that growth coming in recent decades in the suburbs of Washington and Baltimore. COUNTY 1900 1910 1920 1930 Allegany 53,694 62,411 69,938 79,098 Anne Arundel 39,620 39,553 43,408 55,167 Baltimore 508,957 558,485 733,826 804,874 Baltimore Co. 90,755 122,349 74,817 124,565 Calvert 10,223 10,325 9,744 9,528 Caroline 16,248 19,216 18,652 17,387 Carroll 33,860 33,934 34,245 35,978 Cecil 24,662 23,759 23,612 25,827 Charles 17,662 16,386 17,705 16,166 Dorchester 27,962 28,669 27,895 26,813 Frederick 51,920 52,673 52,541 54,440 Garrett 17,701 20,105 19,678 19,908 Harford 28,269 27,965 29,291 31,603 Howard 16,715 16,106 15,826 16,169 Kent 18,786 16,957 15,026 14,242 Montgomery 30,451 32,089 34,921 49,206 Prince George's 29,898 36,147 43,347 60,095 Queen Anne's 18,364 16,839 16,001 14,571 St. Mary's 17,182 17,030 16,112 15,189 Somerset 25,923 26,455 24,602 23,382 Talbot 20,342 19,620 18,306 18,583 Washington 45,133 49,617 59,694 65,882 Wicomico 22,852 26,815 28,165 31,229 Worcester 20,865 21,841 22,309 21,624 MARYLAND 1,188,044 1,295,346 1,449,661 1,631,526 COUNTY 1940 1950 1960 1970 Allegany 86,973 89,556 84,169 84,044 Anne Arundel 68,375 117,392 206,634 298,042 Baltimore 859,100 949,708 939,024 905,787 Baltimore Co. 155,825 270,273 492,428 620,409 Calvert 10,484 12,100 15,826 20,682 Caroline 17,549 18,234 19,462 19,781 Carroll 39,054 44,907 52,785 69,006 Cecil 26,407 33,356 48,408 53,291 Charles 17,612 23,415 32,572 47,678 Dorchester 28,006 27,815 29,666 29,405 Frederick 57,312 62,287 71,930 84,927 Garrett 21,981 21,259 20,420 21,476 Harford 35,060 51,782 76,722 115,378 Howard 17,175 23,119 36,152 62,394 Kent 13,465 13,677 15,481 16,146 Montgomery 83,912 164,401 340,928 522,809 Prince George's 89,490 194,182 357,395 661,719 Queen Anne's 14,476 14,579 16,569 18,422 St. Mary's 14,626 29,111 38,915 47,388 Somerset 20,965 20,745 19,623 18,924 Talbot 18,784 19,428 21,578 23,682 Washington 68,838 78,886 91,219 103,829 Wicomico 34,530 39,641 49,050 54,236 Worcester 21,245 23,148 23,733 24,442 MARYLAND 1,821,244 2,343,001 3,100,689 3,923,897 COUNTY 1980 1990 1998* PCT. CHANGE Allegany 80,548 74,946 71,333 32.85 Anne Arundel 370,775 427,239 476,060 1,101.56 Baltimore 786,741 736,014 645,593 26.85 Baltimore Co. 655,615 692,134 721,874 695.41 Calvert 34,638 51,372 71,877 603.09 Caroline 23,143 27,035 29,489 81.49 Carroll 96,356 123,372 149,697 342.11 Cecil 60,430 71,347 82,522 234.61 Charles 72,751 101,154 117,963 567.89 Dorchester 30,623 30,236 29,503 5.51 Frederick 114,792 150,208 186,777 259.74 Garrett 26,490 28,138 29,238 65.18 Harford 145,930 182,132 214,668 659.38 Howard 118,572 187,328 236,388 1,314.23 Kent 16,695 17,842 18,925 0.74 Montgomery 579,053 757,027 840,879 2,661.42 Prince George's 665,071 729,268 777,811 2,501.55 Queen Anne's 25,508 33,953 39,672 116.03 St. Mary's 59,895 75,974 87,670 410.24 Somerset 19,188 23,440 24,296 -6.28 Talbot 25,604 30,549 33,065 62.55 Washington 113,086 121,393 127,352 182.17 Wicomico 64,540 74,339 79,367 247.31 Worcester 30,889 35,028 42,789 105.08 MARYLAND 4,216,933 4,781,468 5,134,808 332.21 * Estimated SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau. -30- CNS 12-15-99