July 20, 2026Methodology v2.2 · Data: BLS, 20102025
Political Grades
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Baltimore

Mayor Brandon Scott · Democratic · in office since Dec. 8, 2020

Brandon Scott
Mayor of Baltimore, MD · Democratic · since Dec. 8, 2020
City No.
#30
by population
Government formStrong mayor
Performance scoringIn development
Population569,997

As a strong-mayor city, Baltimore's mayor will receive a full performance score — city outcome trends vs. peer cities in the same population tier — once those metrics clear verification.

City outcome data (unemployment, crime, cost of living and more) is in the verification pipeline. We publish numbers only after they clear it. Methodology