MARYLAND MANUAL 443

AREA

The following figures are from Areas of the United States 19 W,
Sixteenth Census of the United States: 19 40, United Statea Govern-
ment Office 1942, pp. 126-128. Areas are given in square miles.

County Total Land Water
Allegany ...................................... 428 426 2

Anne Arundel ....................... 458 417 41

Baltimore City ..................... 86 79 7

Baltimore ........................................... 638 610 28

Calvert ................................. 244 219 25

Caroline ............................................ 325 320 5

Carroll ............................................... 466 456

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 62

Washington ................................... 471 462 9

Wieomico ........................................ 395 880 15

Worcester ...................................... 589 483 106

10,577 9,887 690

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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 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 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.