Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD

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2023 Population
104,932
0.771% 1-year growth
US Senator
Chris Van Hollen
Democratic Party
US Senator
Angela Alsobrooks
Democratic Party
2023 Median Age
39.8
0% 1-year change
2023 Poverty Rate
4.42%
11.6% 1-year decrease
2023 Median Household Income
$128,458
2.81% 1-year growth
2023 Median Property Value
$432,500
5.03% 1-year growth
2023 Employed Population
52,299
1.7% 1-year growth

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In 2023, Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD had a population of 105k people with a median age of 39.8 and a median household income of $128,458. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD grew from 104,129 to 104,932, a 0.771% increase and its median household income grew from $124,951 to $128,458, a 2.81% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD are White (Non-Hispanic) (72.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (14.3%), Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) (4.41%), White (Hispanic) (2.05%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.9%).

5.22% of the households in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.7% of the residents in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was $432,500, and the homeownership rate was 83.3%.

Most people in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 38.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD is home to a population of 105k people, from which 98.7% are citizens. As of 2023, 3.8% of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD residents were born outside of the country (3.98k people).

In 2023, there were 5.05 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (75.6k people) in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 15k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 4.63k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary language in households in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD are Spanish (2,353 households), Tagalog (Incl. Filipino) (620 households), and German (237 households).

Population & Diversity

Residents by Gender and Age

RACE/ETHNICITY
52,676
Women
49.9%
52,870
Men
50.1%

The resident population of United States in 2023 was 105,546 inhabitants, with 50.1% men, and 49.9% women.

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Citizenship

98.7%
2023 Citizenship
98.6%
2022 Citizenship

As of 2023, 98.7% of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2022, the percentage of US citizens in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was 98.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    75.6k ± 832
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    15k ± 798
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    4.63k ± 647
5.12%
Hispanic Population
5.37k people

In 2023, there were 5.05 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (75.6k people) in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 15k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 4.63k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

5.12% of the people in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD are hispanic (5.37k people).

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Global Diversity

Most Common Origin
  1. Philippines
    731 ± 661 people
  2. Germany
    301 ± 425 people
  3. India
    295 ± 421 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was Philippines, the natal country of 731 Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD residents, followed by Germany with 301 and India with 295.

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Foreign-Born Population

3.8%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
3.98k people
4.05%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
4.22k people

As of 2023, 3.8% of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD residents (3.98k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 13.8%. In 2022, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was 4.05%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. Spanish
    2,353 households (2.37%)
  2. Tagalog (Incl. Filipino)
    620 households (0.626%)
  3. German
    237 households (0.239%)

5.22% of the households in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is lower than the national average of 22%. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2023, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was Spanish. 2.37% of the households in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    3,585 ± 421
  2. Vietnam
    2,180 ± 289
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    1,505 ± 313

Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.64 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD employs 52.3k people. In 2023, the largest industries in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD were Construction (5,248 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,334 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,881 people), and the highest paying industries were Legal services ($154,648), Labor unions ($137,616), and Administration of economic programs & space research ($136,220).

Males in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD have an average income that is 1.28 times higher than the average income of females, which is $79,660. The income inequality in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD (measured using the Gini index) is 0.42, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure
RACE/ETHNICITY
22,568
Women
43.2%
29,731
Men
56.8%

The workforce of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD in 2023 was 52,299 people, with 43.2% woman, and 56.8% men.

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Occupations

52.3k
2023 Value
1.7%
1 Year growth
± 1.7%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD grew at a rate of 1.7%, from 51.4k employees to 52.3k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD, are Other managers (2,640 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (1,255 people), and Construction managers (866 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

52.3k
2023 Value
1.7%
1 Year growth
± 1.7%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD grew at a rate of 1.7%, from 51.4k employees to 52.3k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD, are Construction (5,248 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,334 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,881 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD, though some of these residents may live in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$83,969
Median earning men ± $1,543
$56,950
Median earning women ± $2,821

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Public Administration ($123,619), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($102,029), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($101,979).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Information ($100,382), Public Administration ($99,145), and Manufacturing ($97,333).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
0.617%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.69M people employed in Maryland. This represents a 0.617% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.9%.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Maryland went to Kamala Harris with 62.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (34.1%), followed by Jill Stein (1.09%).

Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are the senators currently representing the state of Maryland. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Maryland is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD. Showing the available data for Maryland.
2024 Election Results
  1. Kamala Harris (62.6%)
    Democratic Party
  2. Donald J. Trump (34.1%)
    Republican Party
  3. Jill Stein (1.09%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Maryland went to Kamala Harris with 62.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (34.1%), followed by Jill Stein (1.09%).

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Maryland

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Chris Van Hollen
Senator from Maryland3
Assumed office on January 3, 2017
Angela Alsobrooks
Senator from Maryland1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are the senators currently representing Maryland.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Maryland

Maryland is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Maryland have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2023, 0.607% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.52% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD in 2023 were High School or Equivalent (25.4k), Some college (17.1k), and Bachelors Degree (14.9k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was $432,500 in 2023, which is 1.43 times larger than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $411,800 to $432,500, a 5.03% increase. The homeownership rate in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD is 83.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65%.

People in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD have an average commute time of 38.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$432,500
Median Property Value 2023
±$8,754
$31,573
Median Property Taxes
±$1,233

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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Rent vs Own

83.3%
Homeownership
2023
69.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2023

In 2023, 83.3% of the housing units in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 82.6%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$128,458
Median Household Income
± $3,870
37.9k
Number of Households
± 1,451

In 2023, the median household income of the 37.9k households in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD grew to $128,458 from the previous year's value of $124,951.

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Wage Distribution

0.42
2023 Wage GINI in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD
0.414
2022 Wage GINI in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD

In 2023, the income inequality in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was 0.42 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.49% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023
  1. Drove Alone (74.6%)
  2. Worked At Home (16%)
  3. Carpooled (5.78%)

In 2023, 74.6% of workers in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (16%) and those who carpooled to work (5.78%).

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Commute Time

38.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD have a longer commute time (38.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 8.31% of the workforce in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

4.42% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD (4.61k out of 104k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.8% of the population of Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD has health coverage, with 56.3% on employee plans, 10.9% on Medicaid, 10.6% on Medicare, 14% on non-group plans, and 4.96% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Maryland see 1,179 patients per year on average, which represents a 4.06% increase from the previous year (1,133 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1238 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 292 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,179 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Maryland

Primary care physicians in Maryland see an average of 1,179 patients per year. This represents a 4.06% increase from the previous year (1,133 patients).

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Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 24.8% under 18 years, 18.4% between 18 and 34 years, 41% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.24%
Uninsured
56.3%
Employer Coverage
10.9%
Medicaid
10.6%
Medicare
14%
Non-Group
4.96%
Military or VA

Between 2022 and 2023, the percent of uninsured citizens in Calvert & Southeast St. Mary's Counties--Chesapeake Beach & California PUMA, MD grew by 2.24% from 3.17% to 3.24%.

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