Why do individuals transfer from one county or area to a different? The same old suspects are jobs, household, vital others, and general price of residing, however there are different components at play. Shifting inside shut proximity of a extremely rated faculty district is a key contributing issue for these with kids. For youthful adults simply beginning out, residing someplace with a vibrant social scene is perhaps a high precedence. And for these whose careers have wound down after a lifetime of labor, discovering retirement-friendly communities is the aim—communities deemed secure, provide entry to medical assets and leisure actions in equal measure, and are reasonably priced for these on a restricted earnings.

That is, in fact, on no account an exhaustive listing. Folks’s causes for selecting to stay the place they do are as numerous as individuals themselves.

So far as why sure counties throughout the U.S. have skilled development, relocation isn’t the only, and even main, the explanation why. Whereas greater than 1,800 counties noticed inhabitants positive aspects in 2021, roughly 73% of all U.S. counties noticed what the U.S. Census Bureau characterizes as a pure lower. This was a major soar from 2020 when 55.5% of nations skilled such a lower. Based on the Bureau, the pure lower is the easy results of “when there are extra deaths than births in a inhabitants over a given time interval.” In 2021, the conflation of fewer births with an growing old inhabitants that was additionally absorbing a higher-than-usual mortality fee as a result of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic led to this “elevated lower.”

Nonetheless, as said, 1,800 counties nationwide have grown bigger during the last 12 months, and a large share of them are in Maryland. Stacker compiled a listing of the fastest-growing counties in Maryland utilizing the U.S. Census Bureau information. Counties are ranked by the best inhabitants development from 2010 to 2020, based mostly on the U.S. Decennial Census.

#24. Baltimore

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: -35,253
— #3,141 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: -5.7%
— #22 amongst counties in Maryland, #2,429 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 585,708
— #5 largest county in Maryland, #116 largest county nationwide

#23. Allegany County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: -6,981
— #3,108 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: -9.3%
— #24 amongst counties in Maryland, #2,817 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 68,106
— #16 largest county in Maryland, #784 largest county nationwide

#22. Somerset County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: -1,850
— #2,804 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: -7.0%
— #23 amongst counties in Maryland, #2,615 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 24,620
— #23 largest county in Maryland, #1,622 largest county nationwide

#21. Garrett County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: -1,291
— #2,641 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: -4.3%
— #20 amongst counties in Maryland, #2,209 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 28,806
— #22 largest county in Maryland, #1,463 largest county nationwide

#20. Kent County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: -999
— #2,501 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: -4.9%
— #21 amongst counties in Maryland, #2,323 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 19,198
— #24 largest county in Maryland, #1,860 largest county nationwide

#19. Talbot County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: -256
— #1,850 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: -0.7%
— #19 amongst counties in Maryland, #1,591 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 37,526
— #19 largest county in Maryland, #1,233 largest county nationwide

#18. Dorchester County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: -87
— #1,611 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: -0.3%
— #18 amongst counties in Maryland, #1,535 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 32,531
— #21 largest county in Maryland, #1,372 largest county nationwide

#17. Caroline County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +227
— #1,311 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +0.7%
— #17 amongst counties in Maryland, #1,381 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 33,293
— #20 largest county in Maryland, #1,348 largest county nationwide

#16. Worcester County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +1,006
— #998 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +2.0%
— #16 amongst counties in Maryland, #1,191 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 52,460
— #17 largest county in Maryland, #959 largest county nationwide

#15. Queen Anne’s County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +2,076
— #807 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +4.3%
— #13 amongst counties in Maryland, #890 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 49,874
— #18 largest county in Maryland, #995 largest county nationwide

#14. Cecil County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +2,617
— #747 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +2.6%
— #15 amongst counties in Maryland, #1,106 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 103,725
— #13 largest county in Maryland, #589 largest county nationwide

#13. Calvert County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +4,046
— #624 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +4.6%
— #12 amongst counties in Maryland, #871 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 92,783
— #15 largest county in Maryland, #647 largest county nationwide

#12. Wicomico County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +4,855
— #577 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +4.9%
— #11 amongst counties in Maryland, #832 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 103,588
— #14 largest county in Maryland, #590 largest county nationwide

#11. Carroll County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +5,757
— #542 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +3.4%
— #14 amongst counties in Maryland, #997 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 172,891
— #9 largest county in Maryland, #383 largest county nationwide

#10. Washington County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +7,275
— #506 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +4.9%
— #10 amongst counties in Maryland, #829 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 154,705
— #11 largest county in Maryland, #438 largest county nationwide

#9. St. Mary’s County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +8,626
— #460 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +8.2%
— #7 amongst counties in Maryland, #550 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 113,777
— #12 largest county in Maryland, #544 largest county nationwide

#8. Harford County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +16,098
— #334 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +6.6%
— #8 amongst counties in Maryland, #659 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 260,924
— #8 largest county in Maryland, #270 largest county nationwide

#7. Charles County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +20,066
— #291 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +13.7%
— #3 amongst counties in Maryland, #261 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 166,617
— #10 largest county in Maryland, #403 largest county nationwide

#6. Frederick County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +38,332
— #171 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +16.4%
— #1 amongst counties in Maryland, #183 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 271,717
— #7 largest county in Maryland, #256 largest county nationwide

#5. Howard County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +45,232
— #143 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +15.8%
— #2 amongst counties in Maryland, #204 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 332,317
— #6 largest county in Maryland, #215 largest county nationwide

#4. Baltimore County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +49,506
— #131 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +6.1%
— #9 amongst counties in Maryland, #690 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 854,535
— #3 largest county in Maryland, #74 largest county nationwide

#3. Anne Arundel County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +50,605
— #130 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +9.4%
— #5 amongst counties in Maryland, #455 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 588,261
— #4 largest county in Maryland, #115 largest county nationwide

#2. Montgomery County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +90,284
— #55 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +9.3%
— #6 amongst counties in Maryland, #462 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 1,062,061
— #1 largest county in Maryland, #44 largest county nationwide

#1. Prince George’s County

– 2010 to 2020 inhabitants change: +103,781
— #49 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2010 to 2020 p.c inhabitants change: +12.0%
— #4 amongst counties in Maryland, #325 amongst all counties nationwide
– 2020 inhabitants: 967,201
— #2 largest county in Maryland, #52 largest county nationwide