Carroll County, Maryland

administration
US state :	Maryland
Administrative headquarters :	Westminster
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Carroll County Office Building 225 North Center Street Westminster, MD 21157
Foundation :	1837
Made up from:	Baltimore and Frederick County
Area code :	001 410
Demographics
Residents :	167,134 (2010)
Population density :	143.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1172 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.carr.org

The Carroll County is a county in the US state of Maryland . The county seat is Westminster .

geography

The county is separated from Pennsylvania to the north by the Mason-Dixon Line . It has an area of 1,172 square kilometers; eight square kilometers (0.72 percent) of this is water. Adjacent counties are:

Adams County, Pennsylvania		York County, Pennsylvania
Frederick County		Baltimore County
	Howard County

history

C. Carroll

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	17,241	-
1850	20,616	19.6%
1860	24,533	19%
1870	28,619	16.7%
1880	30,992	8.3%
1890	32,376	4.5%
1900	33,860	4.6%
1910	33,934	0.2%
1920	33,934	0%
1930	35,978	6%
1940	39,054	8.5%
1950	44,907	15%
1960	52,785	17.5%
1970	69.006	30.7%
1980	96,356	39.6%
1990	123.372	28%
2000	150,897	22.3%
2010	167.134	10.8%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Carroll County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Carroll County was formed in 1837 from parts of Baltimore and Frederick Counties. It was named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832), one of the founding fathers of the United States.

During the American Civil War , the population fell rapidly as the population was divided on the pros and cons of secession . In 1863 decisive troop movements took place in the county around the Battle of Gettysburg with around 160,000 men.

One site in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Whittaker Chambers Farm , due to its historical significance . 60 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 12, 2017).

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Carroll County had 150,897 people in 52,503 households and 41,109 families. The population density was 336 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 2.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

Of the 52,503 households, 39.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 66.5 percent were married couples living together, 8.3 percent were single mothers, and 21.7 percent were non-families. 17.5 percent of all households were single households and 7.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.18.

27.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24, 30.6 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 10.8 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 37 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 97.4 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 94 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 60,021 USD , for a family is 66,430 USD. Males had a median income of $ 44,191 versus $ 30,599 for females. The per capita income was $ 23,829. About 2.7 percent of families and 3.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .