Maryland's 3rd congressional district

Maryland's 3rd congressional district covers all of Howard county as well as parts of Anne Arundel and Carroll counties. The seat is currently represented by John Sarbanes, a Democrat.

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Maryland's 3rd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	John Sarbanes D–Baltimore
Area	292.74 sq mi (758.2 km2)
Distribution	98.7% urban 1.3% rural
Population (2022)	777,611
Median household income	$119,418[1]
Ethnicity	57.0% White 17.2% Black 10.9% Asian 9.0% Hispanic 5.1% Two or more races 0.8% other
Occupation	71.7% White-collar 15.7% Blue-collar 12.5% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	D+10[2]

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Three people who represented Maryland in the United States Senate were also former representatives of the 3rd district, including Ben Cardin, Barbara Mikulski, and Paul Sarbanes.

The district's previously odd shape was attributed to gerrymandering to favor Democratic candidates, following the 2000^[3] and 2010^[4] censuses. In 2012, the district was found to be the third least compact congressional district in the United States,^[5] and in 2014, The Washington Post called it the nation's second-most gerrymandered district.^[6] John Sarbanes, the current Democratic Representative for the district, put forth the For the People Act of 2019 to address electoral reform, voting rights, and gerrymandering in the United States.^[7][8] Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, it now includes Howard County, most of Anne Arundel County including Glen Burnie and Annapolis, and part of Carroll County, specifically the areas around Mount Airy, and its incumbent representative John Sarbanes no longer lives in the district.