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Liberal '''Baltimore''' is the largest city in the state of [[Maryland]], the 19th largest in the United States, It is part of the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]-Baltimore metropolitan area.<ref>The city is entirely separate from Baltimore County.</ref>

'''Baltimore''' is the largest city in the state of [[Maryland]], the 19th largest in the United States, It is part of the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]-Baltimore metropolitan area.<ref>The city is entirely separate from Baltimore County.</ref> Baltimore is a very [[liberal]] city.

 

==People==

==People==

The 2010 population of the city was 620,961; Baltimore County, of which the city is [[independent city|independent]], had 805,029. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area had 2.7 million residents, making it the 20th largest in the country.  The Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area has a population of 8.3 million.

The 2010 population of the city was 620,961; Baltimore County, of which the city is [[independent city|independent]], had 805,029. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area had 2.7 million residents, making it the 20th largest in the country.  The Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area has a population of 8.3 million.

The city's population rose from 20% black in 1940 to 60% today, and includes many  [[German Americans]], [[Italian Americans]], [[American Jews]] and [[Polish Americans]]. From the 1840s to the 1950s the city was dominated by [[German Americans]].  However the German American community was split along lines of religion and, apart from opposing prohibition, seldom voted as a unified bloc.  

The city's population rose from 20% black in 1940 to 60% today and includes many  [[German Americans]], [[Italian Americans]], [[American Jews]] and [[Polish Americans]]. From the 1840s to the 1950s the city was dominated by [[German Americans]].  However the German-American community was split along lines of religion and, apart from opposing prohibition, seldom voted as a unified bloc.  

In the 1940s Jews were concentrated in northwest Baltimore. Germans, Poles, and Italians —operatives and skilled workers in the city's diversified industries - lived in the south and east, near the harbor. The immigrants' well-defined row house neighborhoods in East Baltimore and Highland-town gave the city its ethnic flavor. The rowhouses in the south and southwest parts of the city, collectively known as South Baltimore, were homes to well-established Germans and Irish.

In the 1940s Jews were concentrated in northwest Baltimore. Germans, Poles, and Italians —operatives and skilled workers in the city's diversified industries - lived in the south and east, near the harbor. The immigrants' well-defined row house neighborhoods in East Baltimore and Highland-town gave the city its ethnic flavor. The rowhouses in the south and southwest parts of the city, collectively known as South Baltimore, were homes to well-established Germans and Irish.