TABLE 1.—POPULATION OF MARYLAND, URBAN AND
RURAL: 1790 TO 1950

(For description of new and old urban definitions, see text)

Date	Total	Population Urban	Rural	:Percent urban
New urban definition, 1950 (Apr. 1).......................	2,343,001	1,615,902	727,099	69.0
Old urban definition: 1960 (Apr. 1)....................... 1940 (Apr. 1)....................... 1930 (Apr. 1 ).......... 1920 (Jan. 1)....................... 1910 (Apr. 15).................... 1900 (June 1)....................... 1890 (June 1)...................... 1880 (June 1)....................... 1870 (June 1)....................... 1860 (June 1)................... 1850 (June 1) ........... 1840 (June 1)...................... 1830 (June 1)...................... 1820 (Aug. 7) .......... 1810 (Aug. 6)...................... 1800 (Aug. 4)....................... 1790 (Aug. 2).......................	2,343,001 1,821,244 1,631,526 1,449,661 1,295,346 1,188,044 1,042,390 934,943 780,894 687,049 583,034 470,019 447,040 407,360 380,546 341,548 319,728	1,274,618 1,080,351 974,869 869,422 658,192 591,206 495,702 375,843 295,459 233,300 188,045 113,912 91,041 66,378 46,555 26,514 13,503	1,068,383 740,893 656,657 580,239 637,154 596,838 646,688 559,100 485,435 453,749 394,989 356,107 355,999 340,972 333,991 315,034 306,225	64.4 59.3 59.8 60.0 50.8 49.8 47.6 40.2 37.8 34.0 32.3 24.2 20.4 16.3 12.2 7.8 4.2