Editing Crofton, Maryland (section)

=== Population history ===
The U.S. Census Bureau has recorded the following populations for the Crofton census-designated place.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Year
!Total Population
|-
|1960
|NA<ref name=Census-1970>{{cite book | url = http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_md-01.pdf | chapter = Table 6. Population of Places: 1970 and 1960 | page = 22-10 | title = 1970 Census of Population, Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population, Part 22: Maryland | date = February 1973 | publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce, Social and Economic Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census | access-date = February 24, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|1970
|4,478<ref name=Census-1970/> 
|-
|1980
|12,009<ref>{{cite book | url = https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980/1980censusofpopu8011uns_bw.pdf | chapter = Table 25. Population, 1960 to 1980, and Land Area and Population Density for 1980 for Places of 2,500 or More | pages = 1–133 | title = 1990 Census of Population and Housing: Number of Inhabitants, United States Summary (PC80-1-A1) | publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census | access-date = February 24, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|1990
|12,781<ref>{{cite book | url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-1-1.pdf | chapter = Table 45. Population and Housing Units, 1970 to 1990; Area Measurements and Density: 1990 | page = 474 | title = 1990 Census of Population and Housing: Population and Housing Unit Counts, United States (1990 CPH-2-1) | publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census | access-date = February 24, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2000
|20,091<ref name="GR2"/>
|-
|2010
|27,348<ref name=Census-2010/>
|-
|2020
|29,136
|}