Thursday, February 10, 2011

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:
Baltimore City Census Results by Race
Now, replace an "i" with an "oun" and look what happens:
Baltimore County Census Results by RaceInteresting 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%