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Ramsey Archibald

Ramsey

Ramsey Archibald is an award-winning data journalist originally from Birmingham, Alabama. He's covered topics ranging from demographic and population numbers to rural hospital beds, education, income and more. He's the proud father of a daughter and a dog, and loves sports, reading and cooking.

Latest content by Ramsey Archibald

Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.
Trump gained ground in every county of reliably blue Maryland
President-elect Donald Trump came nowhere close to winning reliably blue Maryland’s 10 electoral votes Tuesday, but he performed better in every one of its 23 counties and Baltimore City.
Teams of canvassers look over mail-in ballots at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections. A Banner analysis of early voting data found more Democrats cast ballots in early voting this year, but a higher share of registered Republicans turned out.
Maryland Democrats cast more early votes, but Republican turnout was higher
More Democrats cast ballots in early voting this year, but a higher share of registered Republicans turned out, a Banner analysis of early voting data found.
A woman casts her early vote using one of Maryland’s official ballot drop boxes, located by the Baltimore Museum of Art, in Baltimore on Monday, October 21, 2024.
What we learned about Day 1 of early voting in Maryland
While we don’t yet know how they voted, we know a little about who voted, and where.
These are the places where Maryland gained and lost population from domestic migration.
Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders moved away last year. Here’s where they went.
Maryland saw nearly 200,000 people move to other states in 2023, with just around 160,000 moving into the state from elsewhere in the United States.
Derrick Henry’s punishing stiff arms have become a hallmark of his historic career.
How does Derrick Henry dominate? Inside the brutal science of his iconic stiff arm.
It’s his signature move, helping propel him to 10,000 yards and 100 touchdowns. So we studied every last one.
Newly built homes in the Creekside Village neighborhood in Glen Burnie, Maryland on Friday, October 4, 2024.
Explosive growth in Glen Burnie last year: What’s attracting new residents?
Glen Burnie is the fastest-growing part of Anne Arundel County and second-largest-growing large area in the state, behind Silver Spring. The city is home to about 80,000 residents.
Ellicott City bucked a trend seen in many places across Maryland, where gains in the Hispanic population offset losses in white and Black populations.
Ellicott City grew less diverse, Columbia lost population, new data shows
Ellicott City bucked a trend seen in many places across Maryland, where gains in the Hispanic population offset losses in white and Black populations.
Baltimore’s non-Hispanic Black population shrank again last year, new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau show.
Baltimore is changing: Black residents keep leaving, Hispanic population is growing
Baltimore’s non-Hispanic Black population shrank again last year, new estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show.
Howard County managed to grow in 2023 despite losses to both its white and Black populations.
Hispanic, Asian, multiracial population growth boosted Howard County in 2023
Howard County managed to grow in 2023 despite losses to both its white and Black populations.
Annapolis, Maryland, USA downtown view over Main Street with the State House.
Anne Arundel County grew in 2023 despite decrease in white, Black populations
Like many other places in Maryland, Anne Arundel grew despite losses to its two largest demographic groups.
The three-meat plate at Blue Pit BBQ in Hampden. (Ramsey Archibald/The Baltimore Banner)
Five barbecue spots in and around Baltimore even a Southerner can love
As a Southern transplant, I was skeptical about barbecue in Baltimore. These five spots had me pleasantly surprised.
It's been nearly one year since 30 people were shot — two fatally — during an annual Brooklyn Day block party at Brooklyn Homes.
A year after Brooklyn mass shooting, residents see progress: ‘It’s quiet now, but that’s right now’
The neighborhood is divided over whether Brooklyn Day is worth celebrating this year.
ShotSpotter is hearing far fewer gunshots in Baltimore this year
Baltimore is in the middle of one of its least violent years in recent memory. It's not just that homicides are down — all shootings, including ShotSpotter gunshot alerts, have dropped significantly.
A large pile of coal can be seen from the surrounding neighborhood outside of the CSX facility in Curtis Bay on Aug. 4, 2023.
The world wants American coal. Curtis Bay residents say they pay the price.
Greenhouse gas emissions are coming down in Maryland. But record levels of coal leaving Baltimore are driving emissions overseas.
Banner analysis: Margin in white neighborhoods powered Scott to victory
Not only did Mayor Brandon Scott, who has enjoyed higher approval ratings among white voters, have massive margins in the White L, he also ran close to former Mayor Sheila Dixon in the city’s majority-Black precincts, a Banner analysis of preliminary election data found.

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