Salisbury metropolitan area

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Map of Maryland highlighting the Salisbury Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Salisbury Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties on Maryland's Eastern Shore, anchored by the city of Salisbury. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 109,391 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 119,616).^[1]

1 Counties
2 Communities
3 Combined Statistical Area
4 Demographics
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Counties

[edit] Communities

[edit] Places with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Salisbury (Principal City)

[edit] Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

[edit] Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

Deal Island (census-designated place)
Eden (census-designated place)
Fairmount (census-designated place)
Hebron
Mount Vernon (census-designated place)
Sharptown
Willards

[edit] Places with less than 500 inhabitants

Chance (census-designated place)
Dames Quarter (census-designated place)
Frenchtown-Rumbly (census-designated place)
Mardela Springs
Smith Island (census-designated place)
West Pocomoke (census-designated place)

[edit] Unincorporated places

Allen
Bivalve
Ewell
Kingston
Manokin
Marion Station
Nanticoke
Oriole
Parsonsburg
Powellville

Quantico
Rhodes Point
Rohobeth
Tyaskin
Tylerton
Upper Fairmont
Wenona
Westover
Whitehaven
Upper Falls

[edit] Combined Statistical Area

Components of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines Combined Statistical Area. Salisbury MSA Ocean Pines μSA

The Salisbury–Ocean Pines Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties located along Maryland's Eastern Shore. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and one micropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 155,934 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 168,990).^[2]

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

Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
- Ocean Pines (Worcester County)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[3] 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, 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 for the MSA was $17,568.