Baltimore’s Population Loss Accelerates as Vacancy and Disinvestment Compound Structural Housing Inequality
When a major city loses population while investing billions in waterfront development, who is the city being built for? Baltimore has lost 5.7% of its population since the 2020 census, a contraction that tracks alongside Philadelphia’s growth of 5.1% and New York’s growth of 7.7%. The loss is not because Baltimore stopped existing or because…