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Population (year 2000): 3,723
Males: 1,807 (48.5%), Females: 1,916 (51.5%)
Queen Anne's County
Zip code:
21619
Median resident age: 39.2 years
Median household income: $56,558 (year 2000)
Median house value: $145,800 (year 2000)
Races in Chester:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.9%)
- Black (7.1%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (21.0%), Irish (17.0%),
English (15.2%), United States (12.3%), Italian (6.0%), Polish
(5.0%).
Elevation: 16 feet
Land area: 5.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Chester
- High school or higher: 86.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.5%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Chester CDP
- Never married: 21.9%
- Now married: 56.8%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 12.1%
3.6% Foreign born (1.2% Europe, 1.1% Asia, 0.6%
Africa, 0.6% Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Chester:
- ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles;
ANNAPOLIS, MD)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT EASTON (about 20 miles; EASTON,
MD)
- KENT & QUEEN ANNES HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
CHESTERTOWN, MD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Chester:
- BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTL (about 30 miles;
BALTIMORE, MD; ID: BWI)
- ANDREWS AFB (about 42 miles; CAMP SPRINGS, MD; ID:
ADW)
- RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL (about 53 miles;
WASHINGTON, DC; ID: DCA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Chester:
- BAY BRIDGE (about 3 miles; STEVENSVILLE, MD; ID:
W29)
- KENTMORR AIRPARK (about 6 miles; STEVENSVILLE, MD;
ID: 3W3)
- SOUTH RIVER (about 16 miles; EDGEWATER, MD; ID: 00B)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Chester:
- UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (about 13 miles;
ANNAPOLIS, MD; Full-time enrollment: 4,172)
- ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles;
ARNOLD, MD; FT enrollment: 6,467)
- BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; BOWIE, MD;
FT enrollment: 3,323)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-BALTIMORE (about 33 miles;
Baltimore, MD; FT enrollment: 4,456)
- UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE (about 33 miles; BALTIMORE,
MD; FT enrollment: 3,230)
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; BALTIMORE,
MD; FT enrollment: 12,330)
- COPPIN STATE COLLEGE (about 36 miles; BALTIMORE, MD;
FT enrollment: 2,844)
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