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Do not fill this in! ==Demographics== ===Population=== {{Historical populations |type=USA |1752| 200 |1775| 5934 |1790| 13503 |1800| 26514 |1810| 46555 |1820| 62738 |1830| 80620 |1840| 102313 |1850| 169054 |1860| 212418 |1870| 267354 |1880| 332313 |1890| 434439 |1900| 508957 |1910| 558485 |1920| 733826 |1930| 804874 |1940| 859100 |1950| 949708 |1960| 939024 |1970| 905787 |1980| 786741 |1990| 736016 |2000| 651154 |2010| 620961 |2020| 585708 |estyear=2023 |estimate=565239 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref> |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/md190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts" /><br /> 1752 estimate & 1775 census<ref name="ColonialPop">{{cite book |author=United States Census Bureau |date=1909 |title=A Century of Population Growth |chapter=Population in the Colonial and Continental Periods |chapter-url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00165897ch01.pdf |page=11 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804062114/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00165897ch01.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} Baltimore reached a peak population of 949,708 at the 1950 U.S. census count. In every ten-year census count since then, the city has lost population, with its 2020 census population at 585,708. In 2011, then-Mayor [[Stephanie Rawlings-Blake]] said one of her goals was to increase the city's population, by improving city services to reduce the number of people leaving the city, and by passing legislation protecting immigrants' rights to stimulate growth.<ref name="sherman2015">{{cite news|author=Sherman, Natalie|date=April 17, 2015|title=City hopes to get more families to stay|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/real-estate/wonk/bs-bz-schools-leaving-20150417-story.html#page=1|access-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref> Baltimore is identified as a [[sanctuary city]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Laura |last=Schwartzman |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/031908/silvnew202316_32355.shtml |title=Legislation would ban Takoma Park sanctuary policies |agency=Capital News Service |date=March 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129122323/http://www.gazette.net/stories/031908/silvnew202316_32355.shtml |archive-date=January 29, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]] }}</ref> In 2019, then-Mayor [[Jack Young (politician)|Jack Young]] said that Baltimore will not assist [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]] agents with immigration raids.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Cities Prepare For Planned ICE Raids |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/13/741118939/u-s-cities-prepare-for-planned-ice-raids-on-sunday?t=1567683134930 |website=National Public Radio |date=July 13, 2019 |first1=Vanessa |last1=Romo |first2=Dani |last2=Matias |access-date=September 5, 2019 }}</ref> Baltimore City's population declined from 620,961 in 2010 to 585,708 in 2020, representing a 5.7% drop. In 2020, Baltimore lost more population than any other major city in the [[United States]].<ref name="pctchange21">{{cite web|url=https://planning.maryland.gov/MSDC/Documents/pop_estimate/Estimates/county/County-table1C.pdf|title=Percent Change in Total Resident Population for Maryland's Jurisdictions, April 1, 2010 Thru July 1, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2021|date=May 4, 2021|publisher=Maryland Department of Planning, Projections and State Data Center Unit}}</ref><ref name="popchange21">{{cite web|url=https://planning.maryland.gov/MSDC/Documents/pop_estimate/Estimates/county/County-table1A.pdf|title=Total Resident Population for Maryland's Jurisdictions, April 1, 2010 Thru July 1, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2021|date=May 4, 2021|publisher=Maryland Department of Planning, Projections and State Data Center Unit}}</ref><ref name="sfchron">{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Only-one-U-S-city-saw-a-bigger-pandemic-exodus-16258720.php|title=Only one U.S. city saw a bigger pandemic exodus than San Francisco|last=Echeverria|first=Danielle|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=June 18, 2021|access-date=July 29, 2021}}</ref> [[Gentrification]] has increased since the 2000 census, primarily in East Baltimore, downtown, and Central Baltimore, with 14.8% of census tracts having had income growth and home values appreciation at a rate higher than the city overall. Many, but not all, gentrifying neighborhoods are predominantly white areas which have seen a turnover from lower income to higher income households. These areas represent either expansion of existing gentrified areas, or activity around the Inner Harbor, downtown, or the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus.<ref name="abell">{{cite web|url=https://abell.org/sites/default/files/files/Abell_Neighborhood%20Changes%20Report%20FULL%201_13Final%20(dr).pdf|title=Drilling Down in Baltimore's Neighborhoods: Changes in racial/ethnic composition and income from 2000 to 2017|publisher=The Abell Foundation|date=April 2020|access-date=July 29, 2021|last=Mallach|first=Alan|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729194101/https://abell.org/sites/default/files/files/Abell_Neighborhood%20Changes%20Report%20FULL%201_13Final%20(dr).pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In some neighborhoods in East Baltimore, the Hispanic population has increased, while both the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations have declined.<ref name="gentrif">{{cite news|title=Baltimore among nation's most gentrified cities, study shows|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-gentrification-study-20190319-story.html|last=Meehan|first=Sarah|date=March 20, 2019|access-date=July 29, 2021|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref> After [[New York City]], Baltimore was the second city in the United States to reach a population of 100,000.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1840_fast_facts.html| title=1840 Fast Facts: 10 Largest Urban Places| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref><ref name="1850 Fast Facts">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1850_fast_facts.html| title=1850 Fast Facts: 10 Largest Urban Places| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> From the 1820 to 1850 U.S. censuses, Baltimore was the second most-populous city,<ref name="1850 Fast Facts" /><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1830_fast_facts.html| title=1830 Fast Facts: 10 Largest Urban Places| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> before being surpassed by [[Philadelphia]] and the then-independent [[Brooklyn]] in 1860, and then being surpassed by [[St. Louis]] and [[Chicago]] in 1870.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1860_fast_facts.html| title=1860 Fast Facts: 10 Largest Urban Places| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> Baltimore was among the top 10 cities in population in the United States in every census up to the 1980 census.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1980_new.html| title=1980 Fast Facts: 10 Largest Urban Places| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> After World War II, Baltimore had a population approaching 1 million, until the population began to fall after the 1950 census. ===Characteristics=== {{Further|Ethnic groups in Baltimore}} [[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Baltimore (5559896701).png|thumb|A racial distribution map of Baltimore, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ff0000|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#0000ff|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#00ffaa|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffa600|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffff07|Other}}]] {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Demographic profile !2020<ref name="2020 census figures">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Baltimore city, Maryland; United States|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/baltimorecitycountymaryland,US/POP010220|access-date=October 3, 2022|website=www.census.gov|language=en}}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2010, Summary File 1. Baltimore city – Race Profile 1: Detailed Race by Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity, with Total Tallies|website=planning.maryland.gov|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=http://planning.maryland.gov/msdc/census/cen2010/SF1/RaceProf/Race_baci.pdf|access-date=January 22, 2017|via=Maryland Department of Planning}}</ref>!! 1990<ref name="census1">{{cite web|title=Maryland – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html|access-date=January 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html|archive-date=August 12, 2012}}</ref>!! 1970<ref name="census1"/> !! 1940<ref name="census1"/> |- | [[White American|White]] |31.9%|| 29.6% || 39.1% || 53.0% || 80.6% |- | —[[Non-Hispanic whites]] |27.6%|| 28.0% || 38.6% || 52.3%{{efn|name="fifteen"|From 15% sample}} || 80.6% |- | [[African American|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) |62.4%|| 63.7% || 59.2% || 46.4% || 19.3% |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race) |6.0%|| 4.2% || 1.0% || 0.9%{{efn|name="fifteen"}} || 0.1% |- | [[Asian American|Asian]] |2.8%|| 2.3% || 1.1% || 0.3% || 0.1% |} In the {{as of|2010|alt=2010 census}}, Baltimore's population was 63.7% [[African Americans|Black]], 29.6% [[White Americans|White]] (6.9% [[German Americans|German]], 5.8% [[Italian Americans|Italian]], 4% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 2% [[Americans|American]], 2% [[Polish Americans|Polish]], 0.5% [[Greek Americans|Greek]]) 2.3% [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (0.54% [[Korean Americans|Korean]], 0.46% [[Indian Americans|Indian]], 0.37% [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], 0.36% [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]], 0.21% [[Nepali American|Nepali]], 0.16% [[Pakistani Americans|Pakistani]]), and 0.4% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American and Alaska Native.]] Across races, 4.2% of the population are of [[History of the Hispanics and Latinos in Baltimore|Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin]] (1.63% [[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]], 1.21% [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]], 0.63% [[Puerto Rican-American|Puerto Rican]], 0.6% [[Honduran Americans|Honduran]]).<ref name="QuickFacts" /> As per the 2020 census, 8.1% of residents between 2016 and 2020 were foreign born persons.<ref name="2020 census figures"/> Females made up 53.4% of the population. The median age was 35 years old, with 22.4% under 18 years old, 65.8% from 18 to 64 years old, and 11.8% 65 or older.<ref name="QuickFacts" /> Baltimore has a large [[Caribbean American]] population, with the largest groups being [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaicans]] and [[Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans|Trinidadians]]. Baltimore's Jamaican community is largely centered in the [[Park Heights, Baltimore|Park Heights]] neighborhood, but generations of immigrants have also lived in Southeast Baltimore.<ref name="jamaican-immigration">{{cite news|url=https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/11/15/immigrants-led-by-jamaicans-slow-baltimore-population-loss/|newspaper=WJZ 13 CBS Baltimore|title=Immigrants, led by Jamaicans, slow Baltimore population loss|date=November 15, 2019|access-date=July 29, 2021}}</ref> In 2005, approximately 30,778 people (6.5%) identified as [[LGBT|gay, lesbian, or bisexual]].<ref name=GLB>{{cite web|url=http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-Same-Sex-Couples-GLB-Pop-ACS-Oct-2006.pdf|title=Same-sex Couples and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Population: New Estimates from the American Community Survey|author=Gary J. Gates, PhD|publisher=The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609015224/http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-Same-Sex-Couples-GLB-Pop-ACS-Oct-2006.pdf|archive-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, [[same-sex marriage in Maryland]] was legalized, going into effect January 1, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/07/nation/la-na-gay-marriage-20121107|title=Voters OK gay marriage in Maine, Maryland|author=Alana Semuels|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 7, 2012|access-date=January 22, 2014}}</ref> ===Income and housing=== Between 2016 and 2020, the median household income was $52,164 and the median income per capita was $32,699, compared to the national averages of $64,994 and $35,384, respectively.<ref name="2020 census figures"/> In 2009, the median household income was $42,241 and the median income per capita was $25,707, compared to the national median income of $53,889 per household and $28,930 per capita.<ref name="QuickFacts" /> In 2009, 23.7% of the population lived below the poverty line, compared to 13.5% nationwide.<ref name="QuickFacts" /> In the 2020 census, 20% of Baltimore residents were living in poverty, compared to 11.6% nationwide.<ref name="2020 census figures"/> Housing in Baltimore is relatively inexpensive for large, near-coastal cities of its size. The median sale price for homes in Baltimore as of December 2022 was $209,000, up from $95,000 in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baltimore MD Home Prices & Home Values |url=https://www.zillow.com/home-values/3523/baltimore-md/ |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Zillow |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Additional Statistics for Single Family Homes and Condos in Baltimore, MD| url=http://www.realestate.com/local/market/MD/Baltimore/| work=Baltimore Real Estate Market| publisher=RealEstate.com| access-date=February 5, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111231020/http://www.realestate.com/local/market/MD/Baltimore/| archive-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> Despite the late 2000s housing price collapse, and along with the national trends, Baltimore residents still faced slowly increasing rent, up 3% in the summer of 2010.<ref name=name>{{Cite news| url= http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/realestate/blog/2010/10/a_smaller_rent_increase_for_a_wider_swath_of_baltimore_apart.html| newspaper=The Baltimore Sun-news| title=A smaller rent increase for a wider swath of Baltimore apartments| author=Jamie Smith Hopkins| date=October 27, 2010| access-date=March 18, 2011}}</ref> The median value of owner-occupied housing units between 2016 and 2020 was $242,499.<ref name="2020 census figures"/> The [[Homelessness|homeless]] population in Baltimore is steadily increasing. It exceeded 4,000 people in 2011. The increase in the number of young homeless people was particularly severe.<ref name="CP-homelessness-19Oct2011">{{cite news| last=Smith| first=Van| title=Census shows striking growth in Baltimore homelessness Population swells nearly 20 percent in two years; ranks of homeless young people increase 50 percent| url=http://citypaper.com/news/census-shows-striking-growth-in-baltimore-homelessness-1.1219779| access-date=August 9, 2012| newspaper=CityPaper| date=October 19, 2011| quote=The biennial homeless censuses, which are required under federal law and are conducted on a single day—this year, Jan. 25—have trended upward since the first one in 2003 counted 2,681 homeless people in Baltimore, compared to 4,088 this year, according to the report by Morgan State's School of Architecture and Planning. Called a "point-in-time" survey, the census effort looks for homeless people living on the streets and those checking into shelters and hospital emergency rooms and receiving other homeless services. The count of Baltimore's young homeless people, which is evaluated separately by the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is undertaken over a period of weeks instead of one day, has risen 135 percent since 2007, from 272 to 640. Rather than canvassing the streets for homeless youngsters, the effort relies on data provided by cooperating service providers, including the city public-schools system.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306180352/http://citypaper.com/news/census-shows-striking-growth-in-baltimore-homelessness-1.1219779| archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> ===Life expectancy=== In 2015, life expectancy in Baltimore was 74 to 75 years, compared to the U.S. average of 78 to 80. Fourteen neighborhoods had lower life expectancies than [[North Korea]]. The life expectancy in Downtown/Seton Hill was comparable to that of [[Yemen]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/30/baltimores-poorest-residents-die-20-years-earlier-than-its-richest/ |title=14 Baltimore neighborhoods have lower life expectancies than North Korea |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 30, 2015 |first=Christopher |last=Ingraham |access-date=August 3, 2019 }}</ref> ===Religion=== [[File:Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland.JPG|thumb|[[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary|Baltimore Basilica]], the first [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] cathedral built in the United States]] In 2015, 25% of adults in Baltimore reported affiliation with no religion. 50% of the adult population of Baltimore are [[Protestantism|Protestants]].{{efn|Including [[Evangelical Protestants]] (19%), [[Mainline Protestants]] (16%) and Historically [[Black Protestant]]s (15%).<ref name=PEW2015/>}} [[Catholicism]] is the second-largest religious affiliation, constituting 15% percent of the population, followed by [[Judaism]] (3%) and [[Islam]] (2%). Around 1% identify with other [[Christian denominations]].<ref name=PEW2015>[https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/baltimore-metro-area/ Adults in the Baltimore metro area], ''Religious Landscape Study'', [[Pew Research Center]], May 12, 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldpopulationstatistics.com/baltimore-population-2013/ |title=Baltimore Population 2013 |publisher=World Population Statistics |date=September 2, 2013 |access-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/maryland/baltimore |title=Baltimore, Maryland: Religion |publisher=Sperling's Best Places |access-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref> ===Languages=== In 2010, 91% (526,705) of Baltimore residents five years old and older spoke only English at home. Close to 4% (21,661) spoke Spanish. Other languages, such as [[Languages of Africa|African languages]], French, and Chinese are spoken by less than 1% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619224705/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=June 19, 2006 |title=Baltimore (city) County, Maryland |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=August 10, 2013 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page