Queen Anne's County

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Queen Anne's County Courthouse
Queen Anne's County Courthouse
administration
US state : Maryland
Administrative headquarters : Centerville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Queen Anne's County Government
107 N. Liberty St.
Centerville, MD 21617
Foundation : 1706
Made up from: Talbot County
Area code : 001 410
Demographics
Residents : 47,798  (2010)
Population density : 47.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1370 km²
Water surface : 356 km²
map
Map of Queen Anne's County within Maryland
Website : www.qac.org

The Queen Anne's County is a county in the US state of Maryland . At the 2010 census , the county had 47,798 residents and a population density of 47.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Centerville .

geography

The county is located on the Delmarva Peninsula on the east bank of Chesapeake Bay and borders Delaware to the east . Queen Anne's County includes Kent Island , the largest island in Chesapeake Bay. The county covers an area of ​​1,370 square kilometers; 356 square kilometers (26.99 percent) of it is water. It borders on the following counties:

Kent County
Anne Arundel County 1 Compass card (de) .svg Kent County
(Delaware)
Talbot County Caroline County

1 - Maritime limit in Chesapeake Bay

history

Queen Anne

Queen Anne's County was formed in 1706 from parts of Talbot County.

It was named after Anne Stuart (1665–1714), Queen of England (1702–1714).

In 1773 part of Queen Anne's County was spun off to form Caroline County together with part of Dorchester County.

37 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 14, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1790 15,463 -
1800 14,857 -3.9%
1810 16,648 12.1%
1820 14,952 -10.2%
1830 14,397 -3.7%
1840 12,633 -12.3%
1850 14,484 14.7%
1860 15,961 10.2%
1870 16,171 1.3%
1880 19,257 19.1%
1890 18,461 -4.1%
1900 18,364 -0.5%
1910 16,839 -8.3%
1920 16.001 -5%
1930 14,571 -8.9%
1940 14,476 -0.7%
1950 14,579 0.7%
1960 16,569 13.6%
1970 18,422 11.2%
1980 25,508 38.5%
1990 33,953 33.1%
2000 40,563 19.5%
2010 47,798 17.8%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census , there were 47,798 people in 17,169 households in Queen Anne's County. The population density was 47.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.68 people each in the 17,169 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.7 percent white, 6.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 75,146  USD . The per capita income was $ 35,870. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Queen Anne's County

Towns

Census-designated places (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Kent County
2 - partly in Talbot County
3 - partly in Caroline County

structure

Queen Anne's County is divided into 7 numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1 2,649 24-90068
2 4,546 24-90160
3 8,524 24-90252
4th 18,157 24-90344
5 8,812 24-90436
6th 2,034 24-90528
7th 3,076 24-90620

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 596089. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Queen Anne's County, MD Retrieved April 4, 2012
  3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved April 4, 2012
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 14, 2017.
  5. ^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser. Retrieved September 10, 2011
  6. ↑ United States Census.gov.Retrieved September 10, 2011
  7. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Maryland  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Queen Anne's County, Maryland  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 39 ° 2 ′  N , 76 ° 5 ′  W