Anne Arundel County

administration
Anne Arundel County Courthouse
US state :	Maryland
Administrative headquarters :	Annapolis
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Anne Arundel County Courthouse 44 Calvert Street Annapolis, MD 21401
Foundation :	1650
Made up from:	disorganized area
Area code :	001 410
Demographics
Residents :	537,656 (2010)
Population density :	498.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1523 km²
Water surface :	445 km²
map

Website : www.aacounty.org

The Anne Arundel County is a county in the state of Maryland of the United States . The county seat and capital of Maryland is Annapolis .

geography

The county lies on the west bank of Chesapeake Bay and borders the city of Baltimore to the north . Anne Arundel County covers an area of 1,523 square kilometers; of which 445 square kilometers (29.25 percent) are water surfaces. It borders on the following counties:

Howard County	Baltimore County , Baltimore City	Kent County
		Queen Anne's County
Prince George's County	Calvert County	Talbot County

history

The county was formed from disorganized territory in 1650. From 1654 to 1658 this was County Providence County . In 1658 the county was named after Anne Arundel, wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , the first owner of the colony Province of Maryland.

Historical objects

In Annapolis, off St. Margaret's Road is historic Whitehall . Former Governor Horatio Sharpe's estate was listed on October 15, 1966 as a Historic Monument by the National Register of Historic Places with the number 66000387. It was also inscribed on the National Historic Landmark .

The historically relevant Tulip Hill plantation is located about four kilometers west of Galesville . The property, built between 1755 and 1756, was recorded on April 15, 1970 by the NRHP with the number 70000261.

A total of five sites in the county have the status of a National Historic Landmark due to their historical significance . 105 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 11, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	39,620	-
1910	39,553	-0.2%
1920	43,408	9.7%
1930	55.167	27.1%
1940	68,375	23.9%
1950	117,392	71.7%
1960	206,634	76%
1970	297,539	44%
1980	370.775	24.6%
1990	427.239	15.2%
2000	489,565	14.6%
2010	537.656	9.8%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Anne Arundel County (as of 2000)

The Chase-Lloyd House , listed in the NRHP

The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Anne Arundel County had 489,656 people in 178,670 households and 129,178 families. The population density was 455 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.24 percent white, 13.57 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 2.29 percent Asian and 0.93 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.69 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.63 percent of the population.

Of the 178,670 households, 34.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.1 percent were single mothers, and 27.7 percent were non-families. 21.3 percent of all households were single households and 6.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size 3.09.

25.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24, 32.8 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 10.0 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 97.1 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 61,768 USD , for a family is 69,019 USD. Males had a median income of $ 43,747 versus $ 32,348 for females. The per capita income was $ 27,578. About 3.6 percent of families and 5.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

cities and communes

City

Annapolis

Town

Highland Beach

Census-designated places (CDP)

^{1 - partially in Howard County}

Fort George G. Meade , the, is located in Anne Arundel County.

Unincorporated Communities

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1710958. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ NRIS

↑ National Historic Landmarks Program (Whitehall) ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Historic Tulip Hill circa 1756 ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Maryland . National Park Service , accessed November 11, 2017.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 11, 2017.
↑ United States Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
^ Anne Arundel County, Maryland Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

39 -76.6Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ′ N , 76 ° 36 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1710958. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] NRIS