Wicomico County

administration
Wicomico County Courthouse
US state :	Maryland
Administrative headquarters :	Salisbury
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Wicomico County Government Office Building 125 North Division Street Salisbury, Md. 21801-49400
Foundation :	1867
Area code :	001 410
Demographics
Residents :	98,733 (2010)
Population density :	101.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1035 km²
Water surface :	59 km²
map

Website : www.wicomicocounty.org

The Wicomico County is a County US state of Maryland . The county seat is Salisbury .

geography

The Chesapeake Bay with Wicomico County

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	15,802	-
1880	18,016	14%
1890	19,930	10.6%
1900	22,852	14.7%
1910	26,815	17.3%
1920	28,165	5%
1930	31,229	10.9%
1940	34,530	10.6%
1950	39,641	14.8%
1960	49,050	23.7%
1970	54,236	10.6%
1980	64,540	19%
1990	74,339	15.2%
2000	84,644	13.9%
2010	98,733	16.6%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Wicomico County (as of 2000)

The county is located on the Delmarva Peninsula on the east bank of Chesapeake Bay and borders Delaware to the north . Wicomico County covers an area of 1,035 square kilometers, of which 59 square kilometers (5.66 percent) are water. It borders on the following counties:

Dorchester County	Sussex County (Delaware)

Somerset County		Worcester County

history

Wicomico County was formed in 1867 from parts of Somerset and Worcester Counties. It was named after the Wicomico River that flows through the county.

22 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 15, 2017).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Wicomico County had 98,733 people in 36,262 households. The population density was 101.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in each of the 36,262 households.

The racial the population was composed of 68.7 percent white, 24.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.5 percent of the population.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 46,404 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,935. 13.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.