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Maryland is a state located in the Southern United States. As of the 2020 United States census, Maryland is the 18th-most populous state with 6,177,224 inhabitants and the ninth-smallest by land area, spanning 9,707.24 square miles (25,141.6 km) of land. The state is divided into 23 counties and contains 157 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. Its municipalities cover only 4.4% of the state's land mass but are home to 26.2% of its population. As Maryland does not have minor civil divisions such as townships, areas outside of municipalities have no government below the county level.

With the exception of Baltimore, which was chartered by the state Constitution, municipalities in Maryland are self-governing municipalities chartered as cities, towns, or villages by an Act of the Maryland General Assembly or, in some cases, by a referendum. Municipalities are the lowest tier administrative units in the state, and all except Baltimore are also subject to county administration. Despite the designations of city, town, or village, there are no differences in municipal power and authority. There is no official classification of municipal governments and the municipalities are equal under state law. The municipalities themselves decide whether to avail themselves of the specific powers conferred on them by the Maryland Constitution and state code. Since its separation from Baltimore County in 1851, the City of Baltimore functions more as a county than a city under state law since it exercises charter home rule, which empowers the city with broad legislative authority similar to Maryland's six home rule counties.

The largest municipality by population in Maryland is Baltimore, an independent city, with 585,708 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Port Tobacco Village with 18 residents. The largest municipality by land area is also Baltimore, which spans 80.94 sq mi (209.6 km), while Brookview is the smallest at 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km). Many of Maryland's largest population centers, including Columbia, Germantown, Silver Spring, Waldorf, Glen Burnie, Ellicott City, Dundalk and Bethesda, are unincorporated census designated places.

List of municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Maryland by population
• Skyline of Baltimore, the largest municipality in Maryland by population
• Frederick, the second-largest municipality in Maryland by population
• Gaithersburg, a suburb of Washington, D.C., and third-largest municipality by population
• Rockville, a suburb of Washington, D.C., and fourth-largest municipality by population
• Bowie, the fifth-largest municipality in Maryland by population
• Hagerstown, Maryland's sixth-largest municipality by population
• Annapolis, the state's capital and seventh-largest city by population

‡  State capital and county seat

†  County seat

See also

• List of census-designated places in Maryland
• List of counties in Maryland
• Maryland Municipal League

Notes

1. In the case of certain villages, the municipal charter was created by a referendum of qualified voters in each respective jurisdiction in accordance with Article 23A, Sections 20 through 30 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

References

1. "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
2. ^ "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
3. "Maryland: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 18. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
4. Scarr, Harry (November 1994). "Chapter 8". Geographic areas reference manual (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census.
5. Maryland Legislature. "Appendix F - Article 23A of the Maryland State Code "Corporations-Municipal"". State of Maryland Department of Legislative Services. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
6. ^ Burrell, Linda M.; Best, Kevin J.; Liskey, Karen A.; Rocker, Patricia A., eds. (July 1, 2000). Maryland's 157: The Incorporated Cities and Towns. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Municipal League. p. 3.
7. Burrell, Linda M.; Best, Kevin J.; Liskey, Karen A.; Rocker, Patricia A., eds. (July 1, 2000). Maryland's 157: The Incorporated Cities and Towns. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Municipal League. p. 5.
8. "Explore Census Data".

External links

• Local government: Municipalities. (2007). Maryland Manual On-Line. State of Maryland Archives. Retrieved on August 7, 2016.

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