Caroline County, Maryland

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Caroline County Courthouse in Denton
Caroline County Courthouse in Denton
administration
US state : Maryland
Administrative headquarters : The tone
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Caroline County Courthouse
109 Market Street
Denton MD 21629
Foundation : 1773
Made up from: Dorchester and Queen Anne's Counties
Area code : 001 410
Demographics
Residents : 33,066  (2010)
Population density : 39.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 844 km²
Water surface : 15 km²
map
Map of Caroline County within Maryland
Website : www.carolinemd.org

The Caroline County is a county in the US state of Maryland . This makes the county one of the least populous in Maryland. The county seat is Denton .

geography

The county is in the interior of the Delmarva Peninsula on the border with Delaware and has an area of ​​844 square kilometers; 15 square kilometers (1.82 percent) of it is water. Caroline County is bordered by the following counties:

Queen Anne's County Kent County
(Delaware)
Talbot County Compass card (de) .svg
Dorchester County Sussex County
(Delaware)

history

Caroline County was formed in 1773 from parts of Dorchester and Quenn Anne's Counties. It was named after Caroline Eden , the wife of the last English colonial governor.

21 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 12, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1900 16,248 -
1910 19,216 18.3%
1920 18,652 -2.9%
1930 17,387 -6.8%
1940 17,549 0.9%
1950 18,234 3.9%
1960 19,462 6.7%
1970 19,781 1.6%
1980 23,143 17%
1990 27,035 16.8%
2000 29,772 10.1%
2010 33,066 11.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010
Caroline County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The Choptank River at Denton
Memory Lane at Denton, listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Caroline County had 29,772 people in 11,097 households and 8,156 families. The population density was 93 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.7 percent white, 14.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.7 percent of the population.

Of the 11,097 households, 34.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.3 percent were married couples living together, 13.6 percent were single mothers, and 26.5 percent were non-families. 21.5 percent of all households were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.03.

26.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24, 28.9 percent between 25 and 44, 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.7 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 38,832 USD , for a family is 44,825 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,119 versus $ 21,915 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,275. About 9.0 percent of families and 11.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

Places in the county

1 - partially in Queen Anne's County

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 595737. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved June 30, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved June 30, 2011
  5. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved June 30, 2011
  6. ↑ Caroline County, Maryland 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Caroline County, Maryland  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 52 ′  N , 75 ° 50 ′  W