Temple Hills, Maryland

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Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The area covered by the Temple Hills mailing address includes numerous garden apartment, duplex, and single family home communities constructed mostly from the 1950s through 1970s. Most notable are the large community of Hillcrest Heights, and the 1960s Iverson Mall and Marlow Heights shopping centers. Rosecroft raceway (harness racing) is nearby. The area is especially convenient to the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495), the Metrorail Green Line, Andrews Air Force Base, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Capitol Hill.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Notable Residents and Natives
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Temple Hills is located at 38°48′38″N, 76°56′47″W (38.810580, -76.946360)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.5 km² (1.4 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 7,792 people, 3,156 households, and 1,937 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,228.5/km² (5,756.1/mi²). There were 3,388 housing units at an average density of 969.0/km² (2,502.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 9.32% White, 85.01% African American, 0.21% Native American, 1.40% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 2.37% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.39% of the population.

There were 3,156 households out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 28.8% were married couples living together, 27.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 37.0% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 82.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $44,868, and the median income for a family was $49,318. Males had a median income of $35,192 versus $32,500 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $21,939. About 9.9% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.