COUNTY	Total 1990 Pop.	1990 Arab Pop.	1990 % Arab	Total 2000 Pop.	2000 Arab Pop.	2000 % Arab	Pop Chg	% Total Pop. Change	Arab Chg	% Arab Change
Allegany	74,946	195	0.26%	74,930	41	0.05%	(16)	-0.02%	(154)	-78.97%
Anne Arundel	427,239	952	0.22%	489,656	1,332	0.27%	62,417	14.61%	380	39.92%
Baltimore City	736,014	1,523	0.21%	651,154	1,298	0.20%	(84,860)	-11.53%	(225)	-14.77%
Baltimore Co.	692,134	1,693	0.24%	754,292	2,652	0.35%	62,158	8.98%	959	56.65%
Calvert	51,372	82	0.16%	74,563	208	0.28%	23,191	45.14%	126	153.66%
Caroline	27,035	19	0.07%	29,772	33	0.11%	2,737	10.12%	14	73.68%
Carroll	123,372	100	0.08%	150,897	201	0.13%	27,525	22.31%	101	101.00%
Cecil	71,347	74	0.10%	85,951	63	0.07%	14,604	20.47%	(11)	-14.86%
Charles	101,154	248	0.25%	120,546	450	0.37%	19,392	19.17%	202	81.45%
Dorchester	30,236	39	0.13%	30,674	22	0.07%	438	1.45%	(17)	-43.59%
Frederick	150,208	155	0.10%	195,277	617	0.32%	45,069	30.00%	462	298.06%
Garrett	28,138	18	0.06%	29,846	5	0.02%	1,708	6.07%	(13)	-72.22%
Harford	182,132	235	0.13%	218,590	412	0.19%	36,458	20.02%	177	75.32%
Howard	187,328	795	0.42%	247,842	1,897	0.77%	60,514	32.30%	1,102	138.62%
Kent	17,842	0	0.00%	19,197	7	0.04%	1,355	7.59%	7	--
Montgomery	757,027	6,873	0.91%	873,341	8,247	0.94%	116,314	15.36%	1,374	19.99%
Prince George's	729,268	2,352	0.32%	801,515	2,098	0.26%	72,247	9.91%	(254)	-10.80%
Queen Anne's	33,953	60	0.18%	40,563	105	0.26%	6,610	19.47%	45	75.00%
Somerset	23,440	13	0.06%	24,747	6	0.02%	1,307	5.58%	(7)	-53.85%
St. Mary's	75,974	143	0.19%	86,211	184	0.21%	10,237	13.47%	41	28.67%
Talbot	30,549	16	0.05%	33,812	46	0.14%	3,263	10.68%	30	187.50%
Washington	121,393	127	0.10%	131,923	155	0.12%	10,530	8.67%	28	22.05%
Wicomico	74,339	78	0.10%	84,644	185	0.22%	10,305	13.86%	107	137.18%
Worcester	35,028	72	0.21%	46,543	137	0.29%	11,515	32.87%	65	90.28%
MARYLAND	4,781,468	15,862	0.33%	5,296,486	20,401	0.39%	515,018	10.77%	4,539	28.62%
Source: U.S. Census; compiled by Capital News Service; published Dec. 4, 2003