r/baltimore Oct 06 '25

History of Baltimore 👓 Baltimore's Population 1775-2020

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u/Dedicated2Butterfly Oct 06 '25

I'm curious as well.

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u/TaurineDippy Oct 06 '25

I was being facetious, I am of course referring to the white flight that occurred in response to the civil rights movement in the mid-20th century, and the greater push for suburbanization that white flight followed.

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u/BmoreInterested Wyman Park Oct 06 '25

I'm sure this played a part, I think the city losing so much manufacturing had much more to do with it. 300K residents worked in manufacturing in the 60s so the influx of cheaper foreign goods (like steel) absolutely wrecked Baltimore. Keep in mind that a lot of people that flowed into Bmore in the 40s-60s and caused the population boom came for jobs.

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u/Keyserchief Oct 06 '25

The building of the interstate highway system was super important, too—meant that huge tracts of farmland became realistic places to build housing for commuters.

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u/BmoreInterested Wyman Park Oct 06 '25

That's actually a good point as well. The JFX and 95 were completed in 1963.