Baltimore 2010 Census Results by Race

The 2010 Census results for Maryland are out, time to start the comparisons!

(data sources: QT-P5 data series for the 2000 census; P1-Race data series for 2010 census, note that if you follow the link you have to sort the table for Maryland counties)

Baltimore City lost population between 2000 and 2010. Not unexpected, although slightly worse than optimists (notably in city hall) expected. Overall Baltimore City is now home to 620,961 people, down 4.6% from 2000.

When that's broken down by race, here's how the changes from 2000 to 2010 look:

Now, replace an "i" with an "oun" and look what happens:
Interesting stuff. Baltimore County grew by 6.7% from a larger base, so the combined total population for Baltimore City + County increased. Interestingly, the proportion of census respondents listing their race as "White only" decreased in both Baltimore City and County! In fact, combining the two areas shows that "White only" has dropped from being a slim majority of respondents (54.6%) to a plurality (49.4%).

Looks like there are a lot of other interesting trends too. The more than doubling of "Some Other Race Only" as a response, the dramatic increase in respondents stating "Asian Only" in Baltimore County, and (of course) the huge increase in those claiming more than one racial heritage. Plenty more interesting data mining ahead.

In case you want to check out the data in tabular form:

Baltimore City Census Results
Race	2000	2010	Change
White alone	205,982	183,830	-10.8%
Black alone	418,951	395,781	-5.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	2,097	2,270	8.2%
Asian alone	9,985	14,548	45.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone	222	274	23.4%
Some other race alone	4,363	11,303	159.1%
Two or more races	9,554	12,955	35.6%
Total:	651,154	620,961	-4.6%
Race	2000	2010
White alone	31.6%	29.6%
Black alone	64.3%	63.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	0.3%	0.4%
Asian alone	1.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race alone	0.7%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Baltimore County Census Results
Race	2000	2010	Change
White alone	561,132	520,185	-7.3%
Black alone	151,600	209,738	38.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	4,616	2,625	-43.1%
Asian alone	26,912	40,077	48.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone	242	319	31.8%
Some other race alone	4,685	12,801	173.2%
Two or more races	5,105	19,284	277.7%
Total:	754,292	805,029	6.7%
Race	2000	2010
White alone	74.4%	64.6%
Black alone	20.1%	26.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	0.6%	0.3%
Asian alone	3.6%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race alone	0.6%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.4%
Baltimore City + County Totals
Race	2000	2010	Change
White alone	767,114	704,015	-8.2%
Black alone	570,551	605,519	6.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	6,713	4,895	-27.1%
Asian alone	36,897	54,625	48.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone	464	593	27.8%
Some other race alone	9,048	24,104	166.4%
Two or more races	14,659	32,239	119.9%
Total:	1,405,446	1,425,990	1.5%
Race	2000	2010
White alone	54.6%	49.4%
Black alone	40.6%	42.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	0.5%	0.3%
Asian alone	2.6%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race alone	0.6%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.3%