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Baltimore City, undoubtably the core city of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area and arguably the State of Maryland, is smaller than Baltimore County. The 2010 Census shows Baltimore City with 621,000 residents and neighboring Baltimore County with 805,000 residents. For those unfamiliar with the Baltimore region, Baltimore City and Baltimore County are completely separate entities. Baltimore City is an independent city and operates essentially as if it were its own separate county (Baltimore City is the largest independent city in the United States). The State of Maryland made it illegal for Baltimore City to annex additional land in the 1920s without the unanimous approval of the state's 23 counties.
A map below illustrates the unique geographic relationship between Baltimore City and Baltimore County:
In addition to Baltimore City & Baltimore County, the Baltimore Metropolitan Area is made up of five more counties. Below is a list of the entities that make up the Baltimore Metro and their populations:
Baltimore County - 805,000
Baltimore City - 621,000
Anne Arundel County - 538,000 (Home of Annapolis, Maryland's capital)
Howard County - 287,000
Harford County - 245,000
Carroll County - 167,000
Queen Anne's County - 48,000 (Queen Anne's & Anne Arundel linked via Bay Bridge)
Baltimore City, undoubtably the core city of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area and arguably the State of Maryland, is smaller than Baltimore County. The 2010 Census shows Baltimore City with 621,000 residents and neighboring Baltimore County with 805,000 residents. For those unfamiliar with the Baltimore region, Baltimore City and Baltimore County are completely separate entities. Baltimore City is an independent city and operates essentially as if it were its own separate county (Baltimore City is the largest independent city in the United States). The State of Maryland made it illegal for Baltimore City to annex additional land in the 1920s without the unanimous approval of the state's 23 counties.
A map below illustrates the unique geographic relationship between Baltimore City and Baltimore County:
In addition to Baltimore City & Baltimore County, the Baltimore Metropolitan Area is made up of five more counties. Below is a list of the entities that make up the Baltimore Metro and their populations:
Baltimore County - 805,000
Baltimore City - 621,000
Anne Arundel County - 538,000 (Home of Annapolis, Maryland's capital)
Howard County - 287,000
Harford County - 245,000
Carroll County - 167,000
Queen Anne's County - 48,000 (Queen Anne's & Anne Arundel linked via Bay Bridge)
Baltimore Metro - 2,711,000
Map of Maryland with counties:
These are counties, not cities. The OP was speaking of incorporated cities. In Atlanta, the suburban counties of DeKalb, Cobb and Gwinnett all surpassed the city of Atlanta some time ago. The remaining portions of Fulton, Atlanta's primary county, are about the same as Atlanta itself. I am sure there are many other examples like this in the country.
Baltimore and Washington, D.C. are completely different cities and metro areas just next to each other they are not suburbs of each other.
But within the DC area, I've read that Tysons Corner, VA while population wise smaller than the District, now far surpasses DC in terms of office space, and that it actually has more office space than downtown St. Louis, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh combined. The DC area has far more jobs and commerce in the "suburbs" than in downtown Washington which doesn't have much aside from the federal government.
Scottsdale and Tempe, Arizona are very fast growing areas within the Phoenix metropolitan area. I think the city of Las Vegas itself is also quite small and the Strip is actually located in Paradise, Nevada.
These are counties, not cities. The OP was speaking of incorporated cities. In Atlanta, the suburban counties of DeKalb, Cobb and Gwinnett all surpassed the city of Atlanta some time ago. The remaining portions of Fulton, Atlanta's primary county, are about the same as Atlanta itself. I am sure there are many other examples like this in the country.
But Baltimore City itself is essentially its own county...so its definitely relevant.
Baltimore and Washington, D.C. are completely different cities and metro areas just next to each other they are not suburbs of each other.
But within the DC area, I've read that Tysons Corner, VA while population wise smaller than the District, now far surpasses DC in terms of office space, and that it actually has more office space than downtown St. Louis, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh combined. The DC area has far more jobs and commerce in the "suburbs" than in downtown Washington which doesn't have much aside from the federal government.
Scottsdale and Tempe, Arizona are very fast growing areas within the Phoenix metropolitan area. I think the city of Las Vegas itself is also quite small and the Strip is actually located in Paradise, Nevada.
Or is 1/5th the size on office space and 1/20th the population
Back to the Denver/Aurora discussion...I was searching the web the other day and noticed that the land area of Aurora was actually LARGER than Denver's. Wow.
But Baltimore City itself is essentially its own county...so its definitely relevant.
but u still comparing a city to a county and thats not what he's asking.. now if towson population was competing with baltimore then you would have an argument.
pg countys population is greater then dc, same for montgomery county and im sure there are alot of counties surrounding cities with a larger population
There is a good possibility that Fort Worth will surpass Dallas in population within a few decades. Dallas is pretty hemmed in by suburbs, only has room to expand in the far SE corner and that is NOT where the growth is going. Fort Worth had stagnated with less than 400,000 thru the 60s, 70s and into the 80s but aggressive annexations since has seen the population almost double. Several suburbs on the south, west and northwest are completely surrounded by FW now and the city has room to keep expanding if it wishes. While Dallas still has an advantage around 450,000, it barely grew (11,000) between the last two censuses whereas Fort Worth grew over 200,000. Two or three more census reports like that and Fort Worth will surpass Dallas.
The best example of a single suburb surpassing the principal city in population is when Virginia Beach outgrew Norfolk. And if I remember correctly, when this happened, the census bureau had to give top billing to VB by changing the name of the metro area from Norfolk-Portsmouth-Virginia Beach to Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News.
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