Maryland City is a

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(CDP) in

Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel County (; ), also notated as AA or A.A. County, is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 588,261, an increase of just under 10% since 2010. Its county seat is Annapolis, wh ...

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, United States. The population was at the 2010 census. It is located east of

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, just over the border with

Prince George's County Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, making it the second-most populous ...

, and it has a Laurel ZIP Code. Maryland City mostly consists of an older, compact housing development and is adjacent to

Fort Meade Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States military bands#Army Field Band, United States Army Field Band, and the head ...

army base. A large newer development (built mid-1990s) on the north side of Maryland Route 198 is known as Russett and is included within the Maryland City CDP.

Services

Maryland City is home to the Maryland City Volunteer Fire Department, which is part of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. MCVFD Station 27 is located at 3498 Laurel Fort Meade Road. It is staffed 24 hours a day by four career firefighters, one of whom is an EMT-

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. The career staff is supplemented by volunteers.

History

Maryland City was developed by the Maryland City Corp, owned by developer Harvey Kayne. The of eastern Laurel, Maryland, were purchased in 1960 for $3 million from a developer planning "Meade City". The concept was to build low-cost houses with ground-rent rather than ownership.

Geography

Maryland City is located at (39.092561, −76.819419) in the westernmost corner of Anne Arundel County. It is bordered by Laurel in Prince George's County to the west, by the CDP of Scaggsville in Howard County to the north, by the CDP of Jessup to the northeast, and by

to the east. Uninhabited portions of Fort Meade are to the south. The

Baltimore–Washington Parkway The Baltimore–Washington Parkway (also referred to as the B–W Parkway) is a controlled-access parkway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running southwest from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. The road begins at an interchange with U.S. Route&n ...

(Maryland Route 295) runs through the CDP, leading southwest to downtown

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and northeast to downtown

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. Access from the parkway to Maryland City is via Maryland Route 198 (Fort Meade Road).

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(the Patuxent Freeway) forms the northeast edge of the CDP. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2020 census

2000

As of the

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of 2000, there were people, households, and families residing in the CDP. The

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was people per square mile (/km²). There were 2,666 housing units at an average density of /sq mi (392.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 62.93%

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, 26.58%

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, 0.50% Native American, 5.27% Asian, 0.03%

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, 1.94% from other races, and 2.76% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.95% of the population. There were 2,575 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were

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living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.13. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 37.3% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $, and the median income for a family was $. Males had a median income of $ versus $ for females. The

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for the CDP was $. About 2.1% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the

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, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* * * American FactFinder for Maryland City: {{Anne Arundel County, Maryland Census-designated places in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Census-designated places in Maryland Planned communities in the United States