AREA.

The following figures are from Areas of the United States 1910,
Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1910. United States Govern-
ment Office 1942, pp. 126-128. Areas are given in square miles..

County Total Land Water
Allegany ....... „ ........ ..428 426 2
Anne Arundel .................. .... 488 417 41
Baltimore City............................. 86 79 7
Baltimore ............... ................. 638 610 28
Calvert .......................... 244 219 25
Caroline ......... ....................... 325 320 6
Carroll .......... ............... . .... 456 456
Cecil ... ................ ............... ... 386 352 34
Charles ................................ 502 458 44
Dorchester..... .... ................... 688 580 108
Frederick -..... ..................... 670 664 6
Garrett ............. ... ........... ......... ...668 668 ..
Harford ............... ......... .. ... 475 448 27
Howard ........... .. ............. ... ... ... 251 251
Kent ... .............................. ............ 308 284 24
Montgomery ...... ............. 506 494 12
Prince George's. .............. 496 485 11
Queen Anne's ... ............. ............... 408 373 35
St. Mary's ................................420 367 53
Somerset ........ ... ............. ......... 378 332 46
Talbot................. .. .. 331 279 52
Washington ............. .......... ....... 471 462 9
Wicomico ........... ............395 380 16
Worcester ..... ... .....589 483 106.

10,577 9,887 690.

POPULATION—CENSUS OF 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 complete return 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 1980 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 per-
cent in the rural sections. Urban residents accounted for 59.3 percent
of the State's population in 1940, as compared with 59.8 percent in
1930. In 1940, residents of urban areas numbered 1,080,351, while the
rural population amounted to 740,893. The Census Bureau considers
as urban areas the incorporated places of 2,500 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..