Wilson-Conococheague is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 2,262 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 1,885 people, 718 households and 549 families living in the CDP. The

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was . There were 752 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the CDP was 97.82%

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, 1.06%

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, 0.05% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.21% from other races and 0.42% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population. There were 718 households, of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were

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living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.5% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.98. 25.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64 and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males. The

median household income The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of und ...

was $38,389 and the median family income was $39,256. Males had a median income of $31,505 and females $21,250. The

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was $15,951. About 5.6% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the

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, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

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