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Worcester County, Maryland

A county in Maryland, ranked 17 of 24 by population.

CountyFIPS 24047

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

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Population
54,459
+1,935 (+3.7%) since 2020
Land area
468.3
square miles. A further 32.6% of the total area is water
Population density
116
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Snow Hill
Seat of county government.
Established
1742
283 years ago
Largest city
Ocean City town
Population 6,840.

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 Worcester 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 Worcester 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 765 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 Worcester 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
Population54,45917th of 24955th of 3,144
Land area468.3 sq mi7th of 242,198th of 3,144
Population density116 per sq mi19th of 24819th of 3,144
Median household income$81,74515th of 24513th of 3,143

Full data for Worcester County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population54,459Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202052,524Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?52,464Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area468.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area226.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area694.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?116 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,745American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$374,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,136American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units56,867American 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
-344
414 births, 758 deaths
Net migration
+424
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 4 areas bordering Worcester 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
Somerset CountyMaryland35 mi24,973
Wicomico CountyMaryland28 mi106,899
Accomack CountyVirginia25 mi33,859
Sussex CountyDelaware19 mi277,140

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.