Grasonville is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Queen Anne's County
Queen Anne's County is located on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,874. Its county seat and most populous municipality is Centreville. The census-designated place of Stevensville i ...
,
Maryland
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, United States. The population was 2,193 at the
2000 census.
Geography
Grasonville is located at (38.962875, −76.203305).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (10.56%) is water.
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, there were 3,425 people, 1,248 households, and 871 families residing in the CDP. The
population density
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was 619.9 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.06%
White
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, 20.06%
African American
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, 0.64%
Native American, 1.49%
Asian
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, 2.92% from
other races
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, and 2.83% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 5.52% of the population.
There were 1,248 total occupied households. 659 (52.8%) of Grasonville households were
married couples
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living together, 144 (11.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, and 377 (30.2%) were non-families. 286 households were made up of individuals, and 116 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.21.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males.
According to the American Community Survey, the median income for a household in the CDP was $82,467, and the median income for a family was $105,078. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $33,560. About 8.5% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Census-designated places in Maryland
Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay