Brandon Scott (Democratic) has been Mayor of Baltimore since 8 Dec 2020. Unemployment rate: 5.5% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 2.7 percentage points lower than when Brandon Scott took office in December 2020, while Maryland's fell 2.5 percentage points. Among the 59 cities with a year or more of figures, Baltimore ranks 4th on the fall in homelessness and 67th of 71 on population growth. On violent crime rate the two part most: −304 per 100,000 in Baltimore, −86 per 100,000 for Maryland. Under Bernard C. Young (2019 to 2020) the violent crime rate fell 238 per 100,000. Typical rent is up 34.2% since day zero (5.2% a year).

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