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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. 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