Cumberland, Maryland demographics

Cumberland, MD demographics: median age 41.1; 22.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Cumberland city, Maryland · Incorporated city · GEOID 2421325. The survey estimates a population of 18,804 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Cumberland is 41.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.7 years. There are 8,405 households (±300). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	41.1 ±2.7	39.4 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 18,804
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Under 18	3,713 ±395	19.7% ±2.1 pp	22.2%	22.0%
18–34	3,774 ±426	20.1% ±2.3 pp	21.7%	22.8%
35–64	6,947 ±514	36.9% ±2.7 pp	39.5%	38.0%
65 and older	4,370 ±413	23.2% ±2.2 pp	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 18,804
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Male	8,932 ±287	47.5% ±1.5 pp	48.7%	49.5%
Female	9,872 ±289	52.5% ±1.5 pp	51.3%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 18,804
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
White alone	16,210 ±308	86.2% ±1.6 pp	48.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	770 ±180	4.1% ±1.0 pp	29.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	31 ±48 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	128 ±82 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	6.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	26 ±57 · low precision	0.1% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	171 ±120 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 pp · low precision	6.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,468 ±309	7.8% ±1.6 pp	8.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 18,804
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,344 ±143	97.6% ±0.7 pp	87.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	460 ±139	2.4% ±0.7 pp	12.5%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,405
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Married-couple family	2,656 ±293	31.6% ±3.3 pp	46.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	328 ±135	3.9% ±1.6 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,335 ±229	15.9% ±2.7 pp	13.7%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,592 ±381	42.7% ±4.3 pp	28.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	494 ±157	5.9% ±1.9 pp	6.4%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,405
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Households with people under 18	2,142 ±218	25.5% ±2.4 pp	30.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,263 ±390	74.5% ±3.8 pp	69.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,405
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,592 ±381	42.7% ±4.3 pp	28.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,484 ±335	29.6% ±3.8 pp	32.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,082 ±244	12.9% ±2.9 pp	16.0%	15.3%
Four-person households	707 ±201	8.4% ±2.4 pp	13.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	341 ±111	4.1% ±1.3 pp	6.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	142 ±76 · low precision	1.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	2.4%	2.2%
Seven or more people	57 ±30 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.5%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 18,804
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Native	18,423 ±164	98.0% ±0.9 pp	83.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	381 ±165	2.0% ±0.9 pp	16.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 17,977
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
English only	17,444 ±279	97.0% ±1.1 pp	78.9%	77.7%
Spanish	184 ±103 · low precision	1.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	9.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	93 ±86 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	62 ±41 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	23 ±28 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	68 ±74 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.5%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	47 ±69 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	4 ±7 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	34 ±64 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	17 ±29 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1 ±2 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	2.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 13,098
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,177 ±236	9.0% ±1.8 pp	8.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,665 ±456	35.6% ±3.3 pp	23.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,939 ±491	22.4% ±3.7 pp	17.4%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,342 ±264	10.2% ±2.0 pp	6.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	1,647 ±286	12.6% ±2.2 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,328 ±232	10.1% ±1.7 pp	20.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 18,546
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Same house	16,385 ±454	88.3% ±2.4 pp	88.7%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,043 ±254	5.6% ±1.4 pp	5.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	310 ±120	1.7% ±0.6 pp	2.8%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	808 ±318	4.4% ±1.7 pp	2.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

3.2% of Cumberland residents (±1.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.3% in Maryland and 8.4% nationally. 85.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cumberland	Maryland	U.S.	Compared with Maryland
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.2% ±1.0 pp	6.3%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	85.5% ±2.6 pp	92.4%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	8.3% ±1.8 pp	6.8%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Cumberland . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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