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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> 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). 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