MARYLAND MANUAL 495

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

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

		Population
Date				Percent
				urban
	Total	Urban	Rural
New urban definition,
1950 (Apr. 1)	2,343,001	1,615,902	727,099	69 0
Old urban definition:
1950 (Apr. 1)	2,343,001	1,274,618	1,068,383	54 4
1940 (Apr. 1)	1,821,244	1,080,351	740,893	59 3
1930 (Apr. 1)	1,631,526	974,869	656,657	59 8
1920 (Jan. 1)	1,449,661	869,422	580,239	60 0
1910 (Apr. 15)	1,295,346	658,192	637,154	50 8
1900 (June 1)	1,188,044	591,206	596,838	49 8
1890 (June 1)	1,042,390	495,702	546,688	47 6
1880 (June 1)	934,943	375,843	559,100	40 2
1870 (June 1)	780,894	295,459	485,435	37 8
1860 (June 1)	687,049	233,300	453,749	34 0
1850 (June 1)	583,034	188,045	394,989	32 3
1840 (June 1)	470,019	113,912	356,107	24 2
1830 (June 1)	447,040	91,041	355,999	20 4
1820 (Aug. 7)	407,350	66,378	340,972	16 3
1810 (Aug. 6)	380,546	46,555	333,991	12 2
1800 (Aug. 4)	341,548	26,514	315,034	7 8
1790 (Aug. 2)	319,728	13,503	306,225	4 2