Maryland Rural Areas

Rural Areas

  1. Allegany
  2. Calvert
  3. Caroline
  4. Carroll
  5. Cecil
  6. Charles
  7. Dorchester
  8. Frederick
  9. Garrett
  10. Harford
  11. Kent
  12. Queen Anne’s
  13. Somerset
  14. St. Mary’s
  15. Talbot
  16. Washington
  17. Wicomico
  18. Worcester

The Office of Rural Health Policy classifies the following counties and census tracts as rural.

Counties

  1. Allegany
  2. Caroline
  3. Dorchester
  4. Garrett
  5. Kent
  6. St. Mary's
  7. Talbot
  8. Worcester

Census Tracts

  1. Baltimore County (2 out of 204)
  2. 24005408400
  3. 24005491800
  4. Calvert County (3 out of 17)
  5. 24009860900
  6. 24009861001
  7. 24009861002
  8. Carroll County (1 out of 30)
  9. 24013510000
  10. Frederick County (1 out of 33)
  11. 24021753200
  12. Queen Anne's County (6 out of 10)
  13. 24035810100
  14. 24035810200
  15. 24035810300
  16. 24035810400
  17. 24035810500
  18. 24035810700
  19. Somerset County (5 out of 7 census tracts)
  20. 24039980101
  21. 24039980300
  22. 24039980400
  23. 24039980500
  24. 24039980600
  25. Washington County (1 out of 32)
  26. 24043010100

In addition, the Rural Assistance Center provides the “Am I Rural?” tool (http://www.raconline.org/funding/rural.php) on its website.  The tool allows users to enter an address and determine if a certain area is rural according to various definitions and funding classifications.

A map of rural Maryland can be found at /ohpp/ruralhlth/pdf/Maryland_Rural_Areas_Map.pdf