We used Saturday Night Science to analyze Maryland’s most recent Census data to determine the divorce rate for each city in Maryland based on the percentage of currently divorced residents.
The city with the highest divorce rate in Maryland is Cambridge, with 11.0% of people over 15 years of age being divorced, per the most recent census data. The city with the lowest divorce rate in Maryland is Takoma Park.
Maryland is 4.0% divorced overall. There are some 198,592 people living in Maryland over fifteen years of age who are divorced. You can compare that to the 28,339,199 Americans who are currently divorced.
Isn’t the divorce rate in America close to 50%? Yes indeed. But we’re measuring something else; we are looking at counts and percentages of people over 15 years old who are currently divorced. That 50% statistic is for the percentage of people who have ever been divorced.
So now that we have you biting your nails, rethinking your worldview, and pulling out your hair, let’s look at the places in Maryland with the highest rates of divorcees.
11.0% divorced · #1 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Dorchester County, Maryland
Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,326 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dorchester County and the county’s largest municipality. Cambridge is the fourth most populous city in Maryland’s Eastern Shore region, after Salisbury, Elkton and Easton.
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10.0% divorced · #2 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Allegany County, Maryland
Cumberland Maryland, officially the City of Cumberland, is a western gateway city and seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a population of 103,299. Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. Cumberland is commonly referred to as “Where The South Begins,” as official United States Census Bureau records place it below the Mason-Dixon line.
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8.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Talbot County, Maryland
Easton, Maryland is an incorporated town and the county seat of Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,945 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population in 2015 of 16,617. The primary ZIPCode is 21601, and the secondary is 21606. The primary phone exchange is 822, the auxiliary exchanges are 820, 763, and 770, and the area code is 410.
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8.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Allegany County, Maryland
Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and is at the head of the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,002 at the 2010 census. Located 8 miles west of Cumberland, the town is one of the first cities on the “National Road”, US 40, and the western terminus of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Since 1973, the city has been served by what is now Interstate 68.
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8.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Washington County, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg Metropolitan Area was 269,140. Hagerstown ranks as Maryland’s sixth largest incorporated city.
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8.0% divorced · #4 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Carroll County, Maryland
Hampstead is a town in Carroll County in the U.S. state of Maryland. The population was 6,323 at the 2010 census.
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7.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Ocean City Maryland, officially the Town of Ocean City, is an Atlantic resort town in Worcester County, Maryland. Ocean City is widely known in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is a frequent destination for vacationers in that area. The population was 7,102 at the 2010 U.S. Census, although during summer weekends the city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers, and up to 8 million visitors annually. During the summer, Ocean City becomes the second most populated municipality in Maryland, after Baltimore. It is part of the Salisbury metropolitan area.
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7.0% divorced · #8 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Carroll County, Maryland
Taneytown is a town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,728 at the 2010 census. Taneytown was founded in 1754. Of the town, George Washington once wrote, “Tan-nee town is but a small place with only the Street through wch. the road passes, built on. The buildings are principally of wood.” Taneytown has a history museum that displays the history of the town for visitors and citizens to see. The Bullfrog Road Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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6.0% divorced · #10 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Carroll County, Maryland
Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. A suburb of both Baltimore and Washington, D.C., it is the seat of Carroll County. The city’s population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA.
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6.0% divorced · #10 highest divorce rate in Maryland
Located in
Baltimore city, Maryland
Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.
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Where Maryland’s highest divorce rates are
Saturday Night Science
How We Determined The Places In Maryland That Get Un-Hitched The Most
We used Saturday Night Science to look at the U.S. Census Bureau on divorce rates. Because who likes tracking misery more than the U.S. government?
Specifically, we looked at the 2020-2024 American Community Survey table S1201 — Marital Status. Pretty straightforward on that front — we just had to extract the following column of data:
Today, the analysis focuses on the 44 places in Maryland with a population of over 5,000.
- Population 15 Years and Over -> Divorced
We ranked each place by the percentage of divorcees over 15 years of age from highest to lowest. We crowned the divorce capital of Maryland the place with the highest incidence of divorcees, Cambridge.
And if you’re trying to avoid divorce, check out Takoma Park, the city with the lowest divorce rate in Maryland. We updated this article for 2026 and this list is our eleventh time ranking the cities in Maryland with the highest divorce rates.
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Cities With The Highest Divorce Rates In Maryland
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| Rank | City | Population | Divorcees | Divorce Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge | 13,152 | 1,157 | 11.0% |
| 2 | Cumberland | 18,804 | 1,504 | 10.0% |
| 4 | Easton | 17,308 | 1,108 | 8.0% |
| 4 | Frostburg | 6,977 | 447 | 8.0% |
| 4 | Hagerstown | 43,665 | 2,795 | 8.0% |
| 4 | Hampstead | 6,251 | 400 | 8.0% |
| 7 | Ocean City | 6,903 | 387 | 7.0% |
| 7 | Taneytown | 7,932 | 444 | 7.0% |
| 10 | Westminster | 20,445 | 981 | 6.0% |
| 10 | Baltimore | 573,243 | 27,516 | 6.0% |
| 10 | Havre de Grace | 14,994 | 720 | 6.0% |
| 14 | Annapolis | 40,720 | 1,629 | 5.0% |
| 14 | Bel Air | 10,585 | 423 | 5.0% |
| 14 | Thurmont | 6,254 | 250 | 5.0% |
| 14 | Elkton | 15,910 | 636 | 5.0% |
| 14 | La Plata | 10,683 | 427 | 5.0% |
| 14 | Aberdeen | 17,298 | 692 | 5.0% |
| 21 | Mount Airy | 9,805 | 314 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Brunswick | 8,450 | 270 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Riverdale Park | 7,270 | 233 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Salisbury | 33,285 | 1,065 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Berlin | 5,232 | 167 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Manchester | 5,439 | 174 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Walkersville | 6,414 | 205 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Cheste | 5,594 | 179 | 4.0% |
| 27 | Chesapeake Beach | 6,456 | 155 | 3.0% |
| 27 | Middl | 5,014 | 120 | 3.0% |
| 27 | Fruitland | 5,801 | 139 | 3.0% |
| 27 | Frederick | 83,395 | 2,001 | 3.0% |
| 32 | Hyattsville | 20,966 | 335 | 2.0% |
| 32 | Poolesville | 5,764 | 92 | 2.0% |
| 32 | Bladensburg | 9,583 | 153 | 2.0% |
| 32 | Glenarden | 6,344 | 102 | 2.0% |
| 32 | Cheverly | 6,096 | 98 | 2.0% |
| 32 | Laurel | 29,798 | 477 | 2.0% |
| 39 | Bowie | 57,926 | 463 | 1.0% |
| 39 | College Park | 34,540 | 276 | 1.0% |
| 39 | Greenbelt | 24,678 | 197 | 1.0% |
| 39 | Mount Rainier | 8,245 | 66 | 1.0% |
| 39 | Rockville | 67,671 | 541 | 1.0% |
| 39 | New Carrollton | 13,564 | 109 | 1.0% |
| 39 | Gaithersburg | 69,825 | 559 | 1.0% |
| 43 | District Heights | 5,891 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 43 | Takoma Park | 17,632 | 0 | 0.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 44 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Getting Some Closure In Maryland After Untying The Knot
We now have a sense of what places in the Old Line State don’t pay much attention to the whole “’til death do we part” phrase.
The cities with the highest divorce rate in Maryland are Cambridge, Cumberland, Easton, Frostburg, Hagerstown, Hampstead, Ocean City, Taneytown, Westminster, and Baltimore.
Try to keep in mind that the reason cities rank where they do in Maryland could be because of the age, education, and income distribution, as all of those things impact the rate of divorce. Not sold on Maryland? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Divorce In Maryland FAQs
What city in Maryland has the highest divorce rate?
Cambridge has the highest divorce rate in Maryland for 2026, with 11.0% of residents over 15 currently divorced. Cumberland and Easton are next.
What is the divorce rate in Maryland?
Maryland is 4.0% divorced overall, versus a US divorce rate of 10.9%. That counts residents over 15 who are currently divorced, per the Census American Community Survey.
What are the divorce capitals of Maryland?
The Maryland cities with the highest divorce rates are Cambridge, Cumberland, Easton, Frostburg, Hagerstown, Hampstead, Ocean City, Taneytown, Westminster, and Baltimore. We ranked all 44 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Where do marriages last in Maryland?
Takoma Park posts the lowest divorce rate of the 44 Maryland cities we ranked. Whatever they are doing there, it appears to be working.
How do you measure divorce rates?
We use the share of residents aged 15 and over who report being currently divorced in the Census American Community Survey. It is a snapshot of marital status today, not a count of divorces filed each year.
