Maryland: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
Maryland recorded 65,609 births in 2024 across 24 counties, served by 31 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 5 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 2,610 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 65,609-2.7% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 315 more not reported
- Offices of Lawyers
- 2,610CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 25.1national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3
Births by county
Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.
Every county
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | 1,082,273 | 11,212 | 636 | 17.6 | 5 | 1 |
| Prince George's County | 966,629 | 10,041 | 213 | 47.1 | 2 | 0 |
| Baltimore County | 852,425 | 9,082 | 532 | 17.1 | 3 | 1 |
| Baltimore city | 568,271 | 7,087 | 380 | 18.7 | 6 | 3 |
| Anne Arundel County | 602,350 | 6,695 | 225 | 29.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Howard County | 339,668 | 3,054 | 153 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frederick County | 299,317 | 2,981 | 80 | 37.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Harford County | 265,514 | 2,595 | 57 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Carroll County | 177,108 | 1,740 | 43 | 40.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles County | 174,478 | 1,539 | 34 | 45.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington County | 157,228 | 1,534 | 41 | 37.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Wicomico County | 106,329 | 1,376 | 46 | 29.9 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Mary's County | 116,469 | 1,374 | 14 | 98.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cecil County | 106,305 | 1,090 | 14 | 77.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Calvert County | 94,913 | 935 | 22 | 42.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Allegany County | 67,097 | 537 | 24 | 22.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Queen Anne's County | 53,688 | 518 | 13 | 39.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Caroline County | 34,248 | 486 | 6 | 81.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcester County | 54,337 | 430 | 23 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Talbot County | 38,244 | 342 | 30 | 11.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Dorchester County | 33,138 | 338 | 10 | 33.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset County | 25,241 | 265 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett County | 28,393 | 201 | 5 | 40.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent County | 19,557 | 157 | 9 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 |
6 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 2,194 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center | Rockville | Montgomery | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center | Silver Spring | Montgomery | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Calverthealth Medical Center | Prince Frederick | Calvert | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Carroll Hospital Center | Westminster | Carroll | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Frederick Health Hospital | Frederick | Frederick | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Garrett Regional Medical Center | Oakland | Garrett | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Greater Baltimore Medical Center | Baltimore | Baltimore | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Holy Cross Germantown Hospital | Germantown | Montgomery | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Holy Cross Hospital | Silver Spring | Montgomery | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Yes | Designated |
| Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, The | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center | Columbia | Howard | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc | Annapolis | Anne Arundel | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center | Rosedale | Baltimore | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Medstar Harbor Hospital | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Medstar Montgomery Medical Center | Olney | Montgomery | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Medstar Saint Mary'S Hospital | Leonardtown | St. Marys | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center | Clinton | Prince Georges | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mercy Medical Center Inc | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Yes | Designated |
| Meritus Medical Center | Hagerstown | Washington | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Saint Agnes Hospital | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Not reported | — |
| Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc | Salisbury | Wicomico | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Umd Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute | Baltimore | Baltimore | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center | Bel Air | Harford | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Union Hospital Of Cecil County | Elkton | Cecil | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| University Of Maryland Medical Center | Baltimore | Baltimore City | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center | Glen Burnie | Anne Arundel | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| University Of Md Capital Region Medical Center | Upper Marlboro | Prince Georges | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| University Of Md Charles Regional Medical Center | La Plata | Charles | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton | Easton | Talbot | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center | Towson | Baltimore | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Walter Reed National Military Med Cen | Bethesda | Montgomery | Department of Defense | Not reported | — |
| Western Maryland Regional Medical Center | Cumberland | Allegany | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.
A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
- CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
- CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
- U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time
Cite this analysis
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Birth Injury Marketing. “Maryland: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/maryland/
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