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Kent County, Maryland

The least populous of Maryland's 24 counties.

CountyFIPS 24029

Within Maryland
Kent County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Chestertown, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
19,565
+440 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
276.9
square miles. A further 33.0% of the total area is water
Population density
70.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Chestertown
Seat of county government.
Established
1642
383 years ago
Largest city
Chestertown town
Population 5,658.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Kent County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Kent County, Maryland from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 747 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Kent County ranks

Position among the 24 counties of Maryland, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MarylandNationally
Population19,56524th of 241,856th of 3,144
Land area276.9 sq mi20th of 242,855th of 3,144
Population density70.6 per sq mi22nd of 241,174th of 3,144
Median household income$80,14716th of 24578th of 3,143

Full data for Kent County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,565Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,125Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,198Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area276.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area136.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area413.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?70.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,147American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$330,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,493American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,363American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-99
159 births, 258 deaths
Net migration
+149
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Kent County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Queen Anne's CountyMaryland56 mi54,448
Cecil CountyMaryland21 mi107,131
Harford CountyMaryland15 mi266,446
Baltimore CountyMaryland7.6 mi847,650
Anne Arundel CountyMaryland6.9 mi603,380
New Castle CountyDelaware5.6 mi588,026
Kent CountyDelaware3.5 mi194,786

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 24 counties of Maryland

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.