Baltimore is the most populous city in the state of Maryland, as well as the 30th most populous city in the United States, with an estimated population of 593,490 in 2019. It is the largest independent city in the country and was designated as such by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. As of 2017, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be just under 2.802 million, making it the 21st largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the fourth-largest CSA in the nation, with a calculated 2018 population of 9,797,063.
People born in Baltimore[]
- Utkarsh Ambudkar
- Howard Ashman
- John Astin
- Julie Bowen
- Kimberly Brooks
- Kevin Clash
- Hans Conried
- David Hasselhoff
- John Kassir
- Lance Reddick
- Dwight Schultz
- Bresha Webb
