Baltimore's population has steadily declined since World War II (1939-1945), when many people began leaving the city to move to the suburbs. The population of Baltimore decreased from 786,775 in 1980 to 651,154 in 2000. According to the 2000 census, blacks represent 64.3 percent of the population; whites, 31.6 percent; Asians, 1.5 percent; and Native Americans, 0.3 percent. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders numbered 222 at the time of the census. People of mixed heritage or not reporting ethnicity are 2.1 percent of inhabitants. Hispanics, who may be of any race, make up 1.7 percent of the population.
While the population of Baltimore proper has been steadily decreasing, the population of the metropolitan area has been increasing. The Baltimore area had 2,552,994 inhabitants in 2000, up from 2,382,172 in 1990. The Baltimore area is also part of the larger Washington-Baltimore Consolidated Metropolitan Region, which had a population of 7.6 million in 2000.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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