The Baltimore area’s population grew 0.4% from 2023 to 2024, according to new census population estimates, which show all but two Maryland jurisdictions gaining residents.

For the first time since 2014, Baltimore City increased its population. By adding 754 residents between July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024, the estimated population of Baltimore is now 568,271. On July 1, 2014, the population was 623,587. The population peaked in 1950 at 949,708.

Baltimore City is growing for the first time in a decade, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. “It’s a good surprise. And one of the reasons why I think people are thinking about