June 26, 2025
Originally published in The Baltimore Banner.
“I think part of what is going on in a lot of Maryland counties…is that birth rates are not at replacement levels for whites nationally,” said Michael Bader, a demographer and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University. “If you’re not getting new white residents moving in, then you’re going to see a decline in population just due to mortality.”
The small increases in white population in individual counties — especially in Queen Anne’s — are likely due to increased development and the movement of young, white people who commute to Baltimore or D.C. for work, Bader said.