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2010 Census

Baltimore: 2000 to 2010 Changes

City of Department of Planning Baltimore City in Context

• Although Baltimore City continued to lose population during the last decade, the decline was well below the loss during the 1990s, and was the smallest decennial decline since the 1950s. • Baltimore lost its place in the top 20 most populous cities in the US ; it now ranks 21st. • Cities that experienced similar declines to us: , St. Louis, Toledo (OH). • Among cities of similar size only (WI) and Memphis (TN) experienced decline. Rank City 2000 Population City 2010 Population 1 New York (NY) 8,008,278 New York (NY) 8,175,133 2 Los Angeles (CA) 3,694,820 Los Angeles (CA) 3,792,621 3 (IL) 2,896,016 Chicago (IL) 2,695,598 4 (TX) 1,953,631 Houston (TX) 2,099,451 5 (PA) 1,517,550 Philadelphia (PA) 1,526,006 6 Phoenix (AZ) 1,321,045 Phoenix (AZ) 1,445,632 7 (CA) 1,223,400 (TX) 1,327,407 8 Dallas 1,188,580 San Diego (CA) 1,307,402 9 San Antonio (TX) 1,144,646 Dallas 1,197,816 10 (MI) 951,270 San Jose (CA) 945,942 11 San Jose (CA) 894,943 (IN) 829,718 12 Indianapolis (IN) 791,926 Jacksonville (FL) 821,784 13 San Francison (CA) 776,733 (CA) 805,235 14 Jacksonville (FL) 735,617 Austin (TX) 790,390 15 Columbus (OH) 711,470 Columbus (OH) 787,033 16 Austin (TX) 656,562 Ft. Worth 741,206 17 Baltimore (MD) 651,154 Charlotte (NC) 731,424 18 Memphis (TN) 650,100 Detroit (MI) 713,777 19 Milwaukee (WI) 596,974 El Paso (TX) 649,121 20 (MA) 589,141 Memphis (TN) 646,889 21 Washington (DC) 572,059 Baltimore (MD) 620,961 22 El Paso (TX) 563,662 Boston (MA) 617,594 23 Seattle (WA) 563,374 Seattle (WA) 608,660 24 (CO) 554,636 Washington (DC) 601,723 25 Nashville-Davidson (TN) 545,524 Nashville-Davidson (TN) 601,222 Baltimore Population Over the Decades Population Totals 1,000,000 949,708 939,024 905,759 900,000 859,100 804,874 786,775 800,000 733,826 736,014 700,000 651,154 620,961 600,000 558,485 508,957 500,000

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0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Percent Change 40.0% 31.4% 30.0%

20.0% 17.2% 9.7% 9.7% 10.5% 10.0% 6.7%

0.0% -1.1% -3.5% -10.0% -6.5% -4.6% -11.5% -20.0% -13.1% 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 Baltimore Population by Age Percent of Population Change: 2000-2010 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Under 5 years -1.3% 5 to 9 years -24.5%

10 to 14 years -26.7% 15 to 19 years -7.2% 20 to 24 years 14.6% 25 to 34 years 11.1%

35 to 44 years -24.6% 45 to 49 years 4.8%

55 to 59 years 28.7% 60 to 64 years 23.5%

65 to 69 years -13.8% 75 to 84 years -23.5% 85 years and up 4.0% Baltimore Population by Age & Sex Change: 2000-2010

Median Age 34.4 -1.7%

Percent of Population Change: 2000-2010

Male population -3.8% 52.9% 47.1% Female population -5.4% Baltimore Population by Race Percent of Population Change: 2000-2010

White 29.4% -10.6%

Black 64.0% -4.2%

8.2% American Indian 0.4%

Asian 2.3% 45.7%

Some Other Race 1.8% 159.1%

Two or More Races 2.1% 35.6% Baltimore Population by Ethnicity Percent of Population Change: 2000-2010 4.2%

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 134.7%

Not Hispanic or -7.0% Latino

Percent of Hispanic Ethnicity Change: 2000-2010

Mexican 1.3% 161.9%

Puerto Rican 0.5% 42.1%

Cuban 0.1% 62.2%

Other Hispanic 2.3% 164.5% Baltimore Households Percent of Housing Units Change: 2000-2010

15.8%

Occupied housing units -3.1%

Vacant housing units 10.1% 84.2%

Change: 2000-2010

Average Household Size 2.38 -1.7%

Family Households 53.6% -8.9%

Non Family Households 46.4% 4.5% Neighborhood Population Change 2000 to 2010 Neighborhoods: Greatest Population Change 2000 to 2010 Neighborhood Housing Unit Change 2000 to 2010 Neighborhoods: Greatest Housing Change 2000 to 2010