Talbot County (Maryland)

The Talbot County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Easton.

Geography

The County is located on the Delmarva Peninsula on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay and has an area of 1,235 square kilometers; of which 536 square kilometers ( 46.4 percent) of water. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Talbot County was formed in 1661 from parts of Kent County. It was named after Grace, Lady Talbot, sister of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.

Reserves

• Wye Oak State Park

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010, lived in Talbot County 37,782 people in 16 213 households. The population density was 54.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 16 213 households lived statistically 2.20 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 81.4 percent white, 12.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 59,633. The per capita income was $ 39,294. 8.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Towns

• Easton
• Oxford
• Queen Anne1

• Saint Michaels
• Bustard

Census-designated places (CDP )

• Cordova
• Tilghman Iceland

Unincorporated communities

• Bozman
• Claiborne
• McDaniel
• Neavitt

• Newcomb
• Royal Oak
• Sherwood
• Wittman

• Fairbanks
• Wye Mills

1 - partly in Queen Anne 's County