Chance is a

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(CDP) in Somerset County,

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, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The community took its name from the estate of the same name of an early settler. The Ida May and

Rock Creek Methodist Episcopal Church Rock Creek Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Chance, Somerset County, Maryland. It is a cross-plan Gothic-style church supported by a continuous common bond brick foundation, built in 1900. It featu ...

are listed on the

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Geography

Chance is located at (38.176818, −75.939272). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (32.68%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 377 people, 161 households, and 113 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 254 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 75.60%

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, 23.61%

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, 0.27% from

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, and 0.53% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.53% of the population. There were 161 households, out of which 17.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.74. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.8% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,531, and the median income for a family was $37,969. Males had a median income of $25,469 versus $21,875 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,706. About 16.8% of families and 23.2% of the population were below the

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, including 51.9% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.

Notable person

Dale Midkiff Dale Alan Midkiff (born July 1, 1959) is an American actor, best known for playing Louis Creed in the horror film ''Pet Sematary'' (1989) and Captain Darien Lambert in the TV series ''Time Trax''. Career Midkiff acted in off-Broadway plays lik ...

(born 1959), actor, best known for ''

Elvis and Me ''Elvis and Me'' is a 1985 biography written by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon. In the book, Priscilla talks about meeting Elvis Presley, their marriage, and the factors and issues that led to the couple's divorce. The book rights were p ...

'' (TV movie) and '' Pet Sematary (film)''

References

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