The Salisbury Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of two counties—Somerset

Somerset County, Maryland

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*53.5% White*42.3% Black*0.3% Native American*0.7% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.7% Two or more races*1.5% Other races*3.3% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

 and Wicomico

Wicomico County, Maryland

As of the census of 2010, there were 98,733 people, 37,220 households, and 24,172 families residing in the county. The population density was 261.7 people per square mile . There were 41,192 housing units at an average density of 109.2 per square mile...

—on Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

's Eastern Shore

Eastern Shore of Maryland

The Eastern Shore of Maryland is a territorial part of the U.S. state of Maryland that lies predominately on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay and consists of nine counties. The origin of term Eastern Shore was derived to distinguish a territorial part of the State of Maryland from the Western...

, anchored by the city of Salisbury

Salisbury, Maryland

-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the MSA had a population of 109,391 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 120,181).

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

• Crisfield
  Crisfield, Maryland
  Crisfield is a city in Somerset County, Maryland, United States, located on the Tangier Sound, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 2,723 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Delmar
  Delmar, Maryland
  Delmar is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area. When the population is added to "twin city" Delmar, Delaware the town's total population is 4,600...
  
  
• Fruitland
  Fruitland, Maryland
  Fruitland is a city in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,866 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Fruitland is located at ....
  
  
• Pittsville
  Pittsville, Maryland
  Pittsville is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Pittsville is located at ....
  
  
• Princess Anne
  Princess Anne, Maryland
  Princess Anne is a town in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,313 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Somerset County.Princess Anne is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

• Deal Island
  Deal Island, Maryland
  Deal Island is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 578 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Eden
  Eden, Maryland
  Eden is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 793 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Eden is located at ....
  
   (census-designated place)
• Fairmount
  Fairmount, Maryland
  Fairmount is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 537 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Hebron
  Hebron, Maryland
  Hebron is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 807 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.It is the hometown of pro wrestler Mark Hildreth.-Geography:...
  
  
• Mount Vernon
  Mount Vernon, Maryland
  Mount Vernon is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 761 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Sharptown
  Sharptown, Maryland
  Sharptown is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 649 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Sharptown is located at ....
  
  
• Willards
  Willards, Maryland
  Willards is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 938 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  

Places with less than 500 inhabitants

• Chance
  Chance, Maryland
  Chance is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   (census-designated place
  Census-designated place
  A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
  
  )
• Dames Quarter
  Dames Quarter, Maryland
  Dames Quarter is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 188 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Frenchtown-Rumbly
  Frenchtown-Rumbly, Maryland
  Frenchtown-Rumbly is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 96 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Mardela Springs
  Mardela Springs, Maryland
  Mardela Springs is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Mardela Springs is located at ....
  
  
• Smith Island
  Smith Island, Maryland
  Smith Island is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
   (census-designated place)
• West Pocomoke
  West Pocomoke, Maryland
  West Pocomoke is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 498 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   (census-designated place)

Unincorporated places

• Allen
  Allen, Maryland
  Allen is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  
• Bivalve
  Bivalve, Maryland
  Bivalve is a small town along the eastern shore of the lower Nanticoke River, near its mouth on the Chesapeake Bay, in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Bivalve takes its name from the oyster, upon which the town's economy once depended. Currently there is no economy to speak of. It is...
  
  
• Ewell
  Ewell, Maryland
  Ewell is an unincorporated community located on Smith Island in Somerset County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  
• Kingston
  Kingston, Maryland
  Kingston is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. A small community at the head of navigation of the Big Annemessex River, it is located on Maryland Route 413 at the intersection of Kingston Lane...
  
  
• Manokin
  Manokin, Maryland
  Manokin is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is located on Maryland Route 361 at the intersection of River Road.-References:...
  
  
• Marion Station
  Marion Station, Maryland
  Marion Station, also known as Marion, is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the northern intersection of Maryland Route 413 and Maryland Route 667. After the arrival of the Pennsylvania Railroad arm known as the "Eastern Shore Railroad"...
  
  
• Nanticoke
  Nanticoke, Maryland
  Nanticoke is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  
• Oriole
  Oriole, Maryland
  Oriole is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  
• Parsonsburg
  Parsonsburg, Maryland
  Parsonsburg is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  
• Powellville
  Powellville, Maryland
  Powellville is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  

• Quantico
  Quantico, Maryland
  Quantico is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, along the former stage route from Vienna to the port of Whitehaven on the Wicomico River. It consists of approximately 35 homes on the Quantico Creek. The community lies four miles from Hebron, Maryland along...
  
  
• Rhodes Point
  Rhodes Point, Maryland
  Rhodes Point is an unincorporated community located on Smith Island in Somerset County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  
• Rohobeth
• Tyaskin
  Tyaskin, Maryland
  Tyaskin is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
  
  
• Tylerton
• Upper Fairmont
• Wenona
  Wenona, Maryland
  Wenona is an unincorporated community located on Deal Island in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the western end of Maryland Route 363, Deal Island Road....
  
  
• Westover
  Westover, Maryland
  Westover is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is located on Maryland Route 413 near its terminus at U.S. Route 13. The small community is home to many important services in Somerset County....
  
  
• Whitehaven
  Whitehaven, Maryland
  Whitehaven is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.Whitehaven is home to one of the few remaining public ferries in Maryland, and was once a thriving settlement which included stores, a shipyard, and the Whitehaven Hotel. It is the location of the Whitehaven...
  
  
• Upper Falls

Combined Statistical Area

The Salisbury–Ocean Pines

Ocean Pines, Maryland

Ocean Pines is a census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,710 at the 2010 census. It is the principal of and is included in the Ocean Pines, Maryland Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Salisbury-Ocean Pines, Maryland Combined...

 Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties located along Maryland's Eastern Shore. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area

United States metropolitan area

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 and one micropolitan area

United States micropolitan area

United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas , as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, are urban areas in the United States based around a core city or town with a population of 10,000 to 49,999. The micropolitan area designation was created in 2003...

. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 155,934 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 169,303).

• Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
  • Salisbury (Somerset and Wicomico counties)

• Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
  • Ocean Pines (Worcester County
    Worcester County, Maryland
    -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*82.0% White*13.6% Black*0.3% Native American*1.1% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.7% Two or more races*1.3% Other races*3.2% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
    
    )

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 109,931 people, 40,579 households, and 27,223 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 68.92% White, 27.32% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.46% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.99% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,469, and the median income for a family was $42,386. Males had a median income of $29,989 versus $23,292 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the MSA was $17,568.