Salisbury metropolitan area
The Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Census Bureau-designated metropolitan area centered in and around Salisbury, Maryland, including four counties: Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester in Maryland; and Sussex in Delaware.[1]
The metropolitan area had a population of 423,481 residents as of the 2020 census. The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Salisbury-Cambridge, MD-DE Combined Statistical Area, which combines the Salisbury metropolitan area with the Cambridge, Maryland micropolitan statistical area including Dorchester County,[2] with a total 2020 population of 456,012.
Counties
- Dorchester County, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Somerset County, Maryland
- Wicomico County, Maryland
- Worcester County, Maryland
- Sussex County, Delaware
Communities
Places with more than 20,000 inhabitants
- Salisbury, Maryland (principal city)
Places with 5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants
- Cambridge, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Georgetown, Delaware
- Milford, Delaware (part)
- Ocean City, Maryland
- Ocean Pines, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Seaford, Delaware
Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants
- Algonquin, Maryland (census-designated place, in CSA not MSA)
- Berlin, Maryland
- Bethany Beach, Delaware
- Blades, Delaware
- Bridgeville, Delaware
- Crisfield, Maryland
- Delmar, Delaware
- Delmar, Maryland
- Fruitland, Maryland
- Hurlock, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Laurel, Delaware
- Lewes, Delaware
- Long Neck, Delaware (census-designated place)
- Millsboro, Delaware
- Milton, Delaware
- Ocean View, Delaware
- Pittsville, Maryland
- Pocomoke City, Maryland
- Princess Anne, Maryland
- Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
- Selbyville, Delaware
- Snow Hill, Maryland
- West Ocean City, Maryland (census-designated place)
Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants
- Dagsboro, Delaware
- Deal Island, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Eden, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Fairmount, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Frankford, Delaware
- Greenwood, Delaware
- Hebron, Maryland
- Lincoln, Delaware (census-designated place)
- Millville, Delaware
- Mount Vernon, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Secretary, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Sharptown, Maryland
- Willards, Maryland
Places with less than 500 inhabitants
- Allen, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Bethel, Delaware
- Bishopville, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Bivalve, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Brookview, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Chance, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Church Creek, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Dames Quarter, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Dewey Beach, Delaware
- East New Market, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Eldorado, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Ellendale, Delaware
- Elliott, Maryland (census-designated place, in CSA not MSA)
- Fenwick Island, Delaware
- Fishing Creek, Maryland (census-designated place, in CSA not MSA)
- Frenchtown-Rumbly, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Galestown, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Girdletree, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Henlopen Acres, Delaware
- Jesterville, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Madison, Maryland (census-designated place, in CSA not MSA)
- Mardela Springs, Maryland
- Nanticoke, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Nanticoke Acres, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Newark, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Parsonsburg, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Powellville, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Quantico, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Slaughter Beach, Delaware
- Smith Island, Maryland (census-designated place)
- South Bethany, Delaware
- Stockton, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Taylors Island, Maryland (census-designated place, in CSA not MSA)
- Tyaskin, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Vienna, Maryland (in CSA not MSA)
- Waterview, Maryland (census-designated place)
- West Pocomoke, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Whaleyville, Maryland (census-designated place)
- Whitehaven, Maryland (census-designated place)
History
Prior to the 2010 census, the Salisbury metropolitan area consisted only of Wicomico and Somerset counties in Maryland. As of the
The Salisbury–Ocean Pines Combined Statistical Area consisted of the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area. 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).[5]
Demographics
As of the 2000 census,
The median income for a household in the area 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.
Transportation
Major highways
- US 9
- US 13
- US 50
- US 113
- DE 1
- DE 16
- DE 20
- DE 24
- DE 26
- Route 54
- DE 404
- MD 12
- MD 90
- MD 313
- MD 413
- MD 528
Airports
- Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport
- Bennett Airport
- Crisfield Municipal Airport
- Delaware Coastal Airport
- Laurel Airport
- Ocean City Municipal Airport
Mass transit
- Shore Transit serves Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties with local routes in Salisbury and commuter routes between cities and towns in the three counties.
- DART First State serves Sussex County, Delaware with six year-round routes along with seasonal routes in the beach communities and inter-county service to other parts of Delaware.
- Ocean City Transportation A Bus service in Ocean City with connections to Shore Transit and DART First State.
Colleges and universities
- Delaware Technical Community College Jack F. Owens Campus
- Salisbury University
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Wor–Wic Community College
Media
Radio
Television
See also
- Maryland census statistical areas
- Delaware census statistical areas
References
- ^ "OMB BULLETIN NO. 13-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. February 28, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ a b OMB BULLETIN NO. 18-04: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas Archived 2020-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Office of Management and Budget. September 14, 2018.
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2010-03-23. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS, December 2009, WITH CODES". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Table 2. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-02)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2010-03-23. Archived from the original (CSV) on April 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.