Anne Arundel County grew by about 1,300 people in 2023 despite decreases in both its white and Black populations, new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday shows.

Anne Arundel lost more than 11,000 non-Hispanic white residents, the largest loss of white residents in Maryland. Anne Arundel also lost nearly 3,000 non-Hispanic Black residents in 2023. The data comes from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Thursday.

Like many other places in Maryland, Anne Arundel grew despite losses to its two largest demographic groups. Anne Arundel offset its falling white and Black populations with big growth among multiracial and Hispanic people. It added nearly 7,000 multiracial people, a 24% boost, and around 8,000 Hispanic people, a 14% surge in just a year.

The county also added about 1,700 people classified as “some other race” by the Census.

Anne Arundel County now has a population of 594,582.

This release has a relatively large margin of error for population estimates, especially among racial groups that include fewer people. The Census Bureau reports 90% confidence that the estimates fall within their margin of error figures, but in some cases those ranges can be quite wide. The figures provided are estimates, and exact numbers shouldn’t be taken as hard and fast population counts. In the cases discussed here, the figures represent long-standing trends in population change in Maryland.

Baltimore City and Baltimore County both saw decreases in their population despite growth in their Hispanic population, Thursday’s data release showed. Growth in the Asian and Hispanic populations drove an overall population increase in Howard County.