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Drum Point, Maryland

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'''Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point''' is a [[census-designated place]] and [[Census Designated Place]] in [[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert County]], [[Maryland]], encompassing the distinctly separate communities of ''[[Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Maryland| Chesapeake Ranch Estates]]'' and ''Drum Point''. The population was 11,503 at the 2000 census. The community is only a few minutes from the popular weekend resort town [[Solomons, Maryland|Solomons]] as well as the [[Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant]], [[Calvert Cliffs State Park]] and fossil grounds, and the [[Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP|Dominion Cove Point]] [[liquefied natural gas]] terminal.

==Geography==
Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point is located at {{coord|38|21|0|N|76|25|8|W|city}} (38.350075, -76.418936){{GR|1}}.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 6.4&nbsp;[[square mile]]s (16.6&nbsp;[[km²]]), of which, 6.0&nbsp;square miles (15.6&nbsp;km²) of it is land and 0.4&nbsp;square miles (0.9&nbsp;km²) of it (5.62%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 11,503 people, 3,865 households, and 3,041 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 1,904.8 people per square mile (735.3/km²). There were 4,281 housing units at an average density of 708.9/sq&nbsp;mi (273.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.52% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.52% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.36% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.85% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.87% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.83% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.43% of the population.

There were 3,865 households out of which 49.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 34.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 36.8% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,904, and the median income for a family was $60,011. Males had a median income of $44,545 versus $29,380 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $21,428. About 4.3% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Calvert County, Maryland}}

[[Category:Calvert County, Maryland]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Maryland]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Maryland]]

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