2020 U.S. Census Results: The Changing Demographics Of MOCO

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — The last 10 years have marked a dramatic shift in the demographic makeup of the United States, with a marked shrinkage of the white population and the rapid growth of the Hispanic community.

These trends were seen in Montgomery County — the white population fell from 49 percent of the population to 43 percent in 2020 while the Hispanic population grew from 17 percent of the population in 2010 to 20 percent of the population in 2020.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released new statistics that illustrate population changes for the nation, states and communities down to the block level. The data, which shows an increase in the population of the nation’s metro areas compared to a decade ago, also shows population changes in smaller cities as well as a population breakdown by race.

The data represents where people were living as of April 1, 2020.

Montgomery County as a whole grew by 9 percent over the last decade, from 971,777 in 2010 to 1,062,061 in 2020.

• White (not Hispanic or Latino) - 43.1 percent
• Black or African American - 18.6 percent
• Asian - 15.4 percent
• Two or more races - 11.2 percent
• Some other race - 11 percent
• American Indian and Alaskan native - 0.7 percent
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander - 0.06 percent

There is a separate category in the Census data for people who are Hispanic or Latino —that's because people who are Hispanic or Latino can be any race. About a fifth of Montgomery County is Hispanic or Latino.

Here are some other interesting findings from the nationwide data:

• The largest city in the United States in 2020 remains New York, with 8.8 million people.

• The largest county in the United States in 2020 remains Los Angeles County, with over 10 million people.

• The fastest-growing U.S. metro area between the 2010 and 2020 censuses was The Villages, FL, which grew 39 percent, from about 93,000 people to about 130,000.

• The U.S. metro areas with the largest declines in population were Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Danville, Illinois, losing 12.5 percent and 9.1 percent of their populations, respectively.

Read more about the 2020 U.S. Census results.

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