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Baltimore population drops below 600,000, the lowest total in a century, census estimates show

By ALISON KNEZEVICH

BALTIMORE SUN |

MAR 26, 2020 | 7:15 PM 

Baltimore's population fell below 600,000 for the first time in a century, according to new Census estimates.(Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore’s population has dipped below 600,000 for the first time in more than a century, according to U.S. Census estimates released Thursday.

The city’s estimated population was 593,490 as of July 1, 2019, the new data shows.

That suggests Baltimore lost 8,953 people, or 1.5% of its population, from the previous year. 

While the city’s population has been trending downward for decades, it had some small increases during the administration of former Democratic Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, standing at more than 623,000 in 2014.

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