Dorchester County, Maryland

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Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail
Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail
administration
US state : Maryland
Administrative headquarters : Cambridge
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Dorchester County Office Building
501 Court Lane
Cambridge, MD 21613
Foundation : 1668
Made up from: disorganized area
Area code : 001 301
Demographics
Residents : 32,618  (2010)
Population density : 22.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2546 km²
Water surface : 1102 km²
map
Map of Dorchester County within Maryland
Website : www.docogonet.com

The Dorchester County is a county in the US state of Maryland . The county seat is Cambridge .

The district of Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia , has been a partner since June 6, 2005 . The partnership was initiated by the GKD Gebrüder Kufferath company , which has a branch in the US county.

geography

The Chesapeake Bay with Dorchester County

The county is located on the Delmarva Peninsula on the east bank of Chesapeake Bay and borders Delaware to the northeast . It has an area of ​​2546 square kilometers, of which 1102 square kilometers are water. Adjacent counties are:

Talbot County Caroline County Sussex County
(Delaware)
Compass card (de) .svg Wicomico County
Somerset County

history

4th Earl of Dorset

Dorchester County was formed in 1668 on Indian land then designated as disorganized. It was named after Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset , an English nobleman.

26 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 13, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1790 15,875 -
1800 16,346 3%
1810 18,108 10.8%
1820 17,759 -1.9%
1830 18,686 5.2%
1840 18,843 0.8%
1850 18,877 0.2%
1860 20,461 8.4%
1870 19,458 -4.9%
1880 23,110 18.8%
1890 24,843 7.5%
1900 27,962 12.6%
1910 28,669 2.5%
1920 27,895 -2.7%
1930 26,813 -3.9%
1940 28.006 4.4%
1950 27,815 -0.7%
1960 29,666 6.7%
1970 29,405 -0.9%
1980 30,623 4.1%
1990 30,236 -1.3%
2000 30,674 1.4%
2010 32,618 6.3%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

As of the 2000 census , Dorchester County had 30,674 people in 12,706 households and 8,500 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 69.4 percent white, 28.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

Of the 12,706 households, 27.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.5 percent were married couples living together, 15.5 percent were single mothers, and 33.1 percent were non-families. 13.3 percent of all households were single households and 5.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

23.3 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44, 25.5 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 41 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 89.8 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 86.4 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 34,077 USD , for a family is 41,917 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,014 versus $ 22,284 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,929. About 10.1 percent of families and 13.8 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

economy

Because the county is surrounded by water, fishing and oyster farming are practiced here . The tourism is under construction.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 596495. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 13, 2017.
  3. ^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser.Retrieved July 4, 2011
  4. ↑ United States Census.gov.Retrieved July 5, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) 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. Retrieved April 4, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  6. ↑ Dorchester County, Maryland 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Coordinates: 38 ° 25 ′  N , 76 ° 5 ′  W