According to the first release of Census 2000, the nation's resident population was 281,421,906 on April 1^st, 2000. The new figure marks a 13.2 percent gain over the 248,709,873 counted in the 1990 census. Maryland's resident population grew by 10.8 percent from 4,781,468 in 1990 to 5,296,486 in 2000.

More detailed information from Census 2000 will be available beginning with the release of the redistricting summary data file (Public Law 94-171) by April 2001. This data release will include county and local level populations that will be used to redraw congressional and state legislative districts.  

Maryland's Resident Population and Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives

Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico April 1^st, 2000, and April 1^st 1990

Percent Change in Resident Population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1990 to 2000