Queen Anne's County, Maryland

The Queen Anne 's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In the census in 2010, the County had 47 798 inhabitants and a population density of 47.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Centreville.

Geography

The County is located on the Delmarva Peninsula on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay and on the east by Delaware. To Queen Anne 's County is one of Kent Iceland, the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay. The county has an area of 1,370 square kilometers; of which 356 square miles ( 26.99 percent) of water. It is bordered by the following counties:

1 - maritime border in the Chesapeake Bay

History

The 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 ).

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

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Queen Anne 's County 47 798 people in 17,169 households. The population density was 47.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 17,169 households lived statistically 2.68 per person.

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. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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. 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

• Barclay
• Centreville
• Church Hill
• Millington1

• Queen anne2
• Queenstown
• Sudlersville
• Templeville3

Census-designated places (CDP )

• Chester
• Grasonville
• Kent Narrows

• Kingstown
• Stevensville

Unincorporated communities

• Crumpton
• Dominion
• Ingleside
• LovePoint

• Matapeake
• Price
• Romancoke
• Ruth castle

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

Structure

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