1990 & 1999
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Size & Population Density 1990 & 1999
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| Length & Breadth (in miles) |
|---|
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Longest east-west: 198.6 miles-Fairfax Stone to Delaware Line.
Longest north-south: 125.5 miles-Pennsylvania line to Virginia line at Smith Point on south shore mouth of Potomac River. Shortest north-south: 1.9 miles-Pennsylvania line to south bank of Potomac River near Hancock. Farthest points: northwest corner to southeast corner at Atlantic Ocean, 254.7 miles. |
| Area | |
|---|---|
| Land | 9,843.62 sq. miles |
| Inland Water | 623.35 sq. miles |
| Chesapeake Bay | 1,726.0 sq. miles |
| Total | 12,192.97 sq. miles |
Thanks to the Maryland Manual On-Line for the above information.
| Land Area | Population 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Number of Sq. Miles | Total Number of People | People per Sq. Mile | Total Number of People | People per Sq. Mile |
| State of Maryland | 9,774.6 | 4,781,468 | 489.2 | 5,171,634 | 529.1 |
| Allegany | 425.3 | 74,946 | 176.2 | 71,162 | 167.3 |
| Anne Arundel | 416.0 | 427,239 | 1,027.0 | 480,483 | 1,155.0 |
| Baltimore | 598.6 | 692,134 | 1,156.3 | 723,914 | 1,209.3 |
| Calvert | 215.2 | 51,372 | 238.7 | 73,748 | 342.7 |
| Caroline | 320.2 | 27,035 | 84.4 | 29,708 | 92.8 |
| Carroll | 449.2 | 123,372 | 274.6 | 152,468 | 339.4 |
| Cecil | 348.2 | 71,347 | 204.9 | 84,238 | 241.9 |
| Charles | 461.1 | 101,154 | 219.4 | 120,946 | 262.3 |
| Dorchester | 557.6 | 30,236 | 54.2 | 29,709 | 53.3 |
| Frederick | 662.9 | 150,208 | 226.6 | 190,869 | 287.9 |
| Garrett | 648.1 | 28,138 | 43.4 | 29,389 | 45.3 |
| Harford | 440.4 | 182,132 | 413.6 | 217,908 | 494.8 |
| Howard | 252.2 | 187,328 | 742.8 | 243,112 | 964.0 |
| Kent | 279.4 | 17,842 | 63.9 | 19,089 | 68.3 |
| Montgomery | 494.6 | 757,027 | 1,530.6 | 852,174 | 1,723.0 |
| Prince George's | 486.4 | 729,268 | 1,499.3 | 781,781 | 1,607.3 |
| Queen Anne's | 372.2 | 33,953 | 91.2 | 40,688 | 109.3 |
| St. Mary's | 361.3 | 75,974 | 210.3 | 88,758 | 245.7 |
| Somerset | 327.2 | 23,440 | 71.6 | 24,236 | 74.1 |
| Talbot | 269.2 | 30,549 | 113.5 | 33,550 | 124.6 |
| Washington | 458.2 | 121,393 | 264.9 | 127,791 | 278.9 |
| Wicomico | 377.2 | 74,339 | 197.1 | 79,560 | 210.9 |
| Worcester | 473.2 | 35,028 | 74.0 | 43,672 | 92.3 |
| Baltimore City | 80.8 | 736,014 | 9,109.1 | 632,681 | 7,830.2 |
