Cambridge, MD Micro Area
The Cambridge, MD micro area is one county in Maryland: Dorchester County. About 33,628 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.4% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 33,628 3.4% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Dorchester County
- Land area
- 541 sq mi (1,401 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- Maryland
- Combined statistical area
- Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
- CBSA code
- 15700
The county in the Cambridge, MD micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Dorchester County | Central | 33,628 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Cambridge13,152 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 8 areas in this one, largest first:
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area6,465,724 people
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area2,857,781 people
- Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area315,280 people
- Lexington Park, MD Metro Area211,176 people
- Chambersburg, PA Metro Area160,652 people
- Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area152,332 people
- Lake of the Woods, VA Micro Area40,083 people
- Easton, MD Micro Area38,238 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Easton, MD Micro Area15 mi north
- Seaford, DE Micro Area26 mi east
- Lexington Park, MD Metro Area29 mi southwest
- Salisbury, MD Metro Area29 mi southeast
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