Hughesville, Maryland

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Hughesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,537 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Hughesville is located at 38°32′1″N, 76°46′56″W (38.533731, -76.782220)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 29.0 km² (11.2 mi²), all land.

Hughesville was a tobacco market town. The former tobacco warehouses are now used for second-hand thrift stores and boutique gift and craft shops. A highway bypass around the town opened in February 2007, which has alleviated previous rush-hour traffic backups at the single traffic signal; however, aesthetic improvements to perfect the bypass are still ongoing. A few miles southeast is an Amish community and farmers' market (see article on Charlotte Hall). The plan conceived in 2003 to build a minor league baseball stadium in Hughesville was thwarted by community opposition, but the stadium will be built in nearby Waldorf instead. Because Hughesville is considered the strategic geographic center of the tri-county Southern Maryland region, it houses institutions such as the electric company, humane society, economic development council, and board of realtors, which serve the tri-county area. The town has no traditional grid streets, but merely businesses along the highway and some very small outlying housing developments.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,537 people, 503 households, and 407 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 53.0/km² (137.4/mi²). There were 529 housing units at an average density of 18.3/km² (47.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.04% White, 13.08% African American, 0.72% Native American, 2.73% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.13% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 503 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $90,697, and the median income for a family was $103,393. Males had a median income of $49,500 versus $36,563 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $29,884. About 4.8% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.