WICOMICO COUNTY

W. R. Conway, Chairman ... .... ..... Quantico
W. Newton Jackson — ............. ............ .. . ....... ......... — Salisbury
W. T. Wilson.. ................ ........Mardela Springs
Edgar L. Truitt.. ................ .......... ..... Pittsville
Harry L. Harcum .. . ......... .. .... .... —.. Salisbury

WORCESTER COUNTY

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

POPULATION OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

FINAL FIGURES: 1940

Between 1930 and 1940 Maryland's rural areas continued to grow
somewhat more rapidly than the urban, places, according to the final
figures from the Sixteenth Decennial Census, issued 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 I,
1940, Maryland had a population of 1,821,244, an increase of 189,718
over the 1,631,626 residents reported in the 1930 census. This change
represents an increase of 11.6 percent as compared with 12.6 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 terri-
tory is classified as rural.

There were seven cities of 10,000 or more in Maryland, one (Cam-
bridge) 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 between 1930 and 1940. District 12
of Baltimore County, with an increase of 33.6 percent, was the fastest
growing urban place having 10,000 or more population. Salisbury,
with an increase of 21.1 percent, was the fastest growing incorporated
place in this size-group.

Eighteen of the 23 counties gained population between 1930 and
1940, as did the independent city of Baltimore, which has the status
of a county. Montgomery County, with an increase of 70.6 percent,
had the most extensive growth.