WASHINGTON COUNTY

D. Kenneth McLaughlin, Chairman Hagerstown
John L. Swain 27 Summitt Ave., Hagerstown
Herbert C. Adams 111 Fairground Ave., Hagerstown
lrvin F. Hoffman 241 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown
D. Elder Rinehart Ringgold
Samuel K. Eckis East Potomac St., Williamsport

WICOMICO COUNTY

William R. Conway, Chairman Quantico
Harry L. Harcum Salisbury
W. T. Wilson Mardela Springs
W. Newton Jackson Salisbury
E. Frank Truitt Pittsville

WORCESTER COUNTY

Walter S. Ringler, Chairman Bishopville
Frank W. Truitt Ocean City
George H. Truitt Snow Hill
Lorenzo T. Somers Pocomoke City

MARYLAND: Final Population Sixteenth Census of the
United States: 1940

POPULATION OF
THE STATE OF MARYLAND

FINAL FIGURES: 1940

Between 1930 and 1940 Maryland's rural areas continued to grow some-
what more rapidly than the urban places, according to the final figures from
the Sixteenth Decennial Census, issued today by Director William Lane
Austin, of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

The final count of the Sixteenth Census showed that on April 1, 1940,
Maryland had a population of 1,821,244, an increase of 189,718 over the
1,631,526 residents reported in the 1930 census. This change represents an
increase of 11.6 percent as compared with 12.5 percent between 1920 and
1930. The population increase in urban areas from 1930 to 1940 was 10.8
percent as compared with 12.8 percent in the rural sections. Urban residents
accounted for 69.3 percent of the State's population in 1940, as compared
with 69.8 percent in 1930. In 1940, residents of urban areas numbered
1,080,361, while the rural population amounted to 740,893. The Census
Bureau considers as urban areas the incorporated places of 2,600 or more.
In Maryland, however, two unincorporated political subdivisions are also
classified as urban on the basis of special qualifications. The remaining
territory is classified as rural.

There were seven cities of 10,000 or more in Maryland, one (Cambridge)
having reached this size since 1930. There were also two election districts
adjacent to Baltimore city in this size-group that qualified as urban under
the special rule. All nine of these urban places of 10,000 or more increased