Salisbury, Maryland demographics

Salisbury, MD demographics: median age 30.1; 25.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Salisbury city, Maryland · Incorporated city · GEOID 2469925. The survey estimates a population of 33,285 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Salisbury is 30.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.2 years. There are 13,168 households (±517). 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	30.1 ±1.2	39.4 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 33,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Under 18	8,041 ±737	24.2% ±2.2 pp	22.2%	22.0%
18–34	11,073 ±872	33.3% ±2.6 pp	21.7%	22.8%
35–64	9,728 ±803	29.2% ±2.4 pp	39.5%	38.0%
65 and older	4,443 ±526	13.3% ±1.6 pp	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 33,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Male	15,980 ±437	48.0% ±1.3 pp	48.7%	49.5%
Female	17,305 ±436	52.0% ±1.3 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: 33,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
White alone	14,272 ±1,037	42.9% ±3.1 pp	48.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	13,712 ±1,139	41.2% ±3.4 pp	29.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	74 ±114 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	719 ±371 · low precision	2.2% ±1.1 pp · low precision	6.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	4 ±9 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	759 ±472 · low precision	2.3% ±1.4 pp · low precision	6.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	3,745 ±721	11.3% ±2.2 pp	8.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 33,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,688 ±595	92.2% ±1.8 pp	87.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2,597 ±590	7.8% ±1.8 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: 13,168
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Married-couple family	3,601 ±421	27.3% ±3.0 pp	46.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	948 ±322	7.2% ±2.4 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,341 ±379	17.8% ±2.8 pp	13.7%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,188 ±575	31.8% ±4.2 pp	28.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,090 ±385	15.9% ±2.9 pp	6.4%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,168
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,564 ±385	27.1% ±2.7 pp	30.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	9,604 ±686	72.9% ±4.4 pp	69.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,168
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,188 ±575	31.8% ±4.2 pp	28.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	4,421 ±694	33.6% ±5.1 pp	32.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,601 ±312	12.2% ±2.3 pp	16.0%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,632 ±298	12.4% ±2.2 pp	13.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	643 ±228	4.9% ±1.7 pp	6.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	403 ±184	3.1% ±1.4 pp	2.4%	2.2%
Seven or more people	280 ±143 · low precision	2.1% ±1.1 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: 33,285
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Native	27,906 ±828	83.8% ±2.5 pp	83.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,379 ±828	16.2% ±2.5 pp	16.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 31,013
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
English only	24,123 ±1,100	77.8% ±3.5 pp	78.9%	77.7%
Spanish	1,750 ±411	5.6% ±1.3 pp	9.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	3,135 ±935	10.1% ±3.0 pp	1.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	136 ±113 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	53 ±78 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,462 ±601	4.7% ±1.9 pp	2.5%	2.0%
Korean	143 ±123 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	67 ±104 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	14 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	57 ±71 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	12 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	61 ±57 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 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: 19,577
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,388 ±464	12.2% ±2.3 pp	8.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	6,740 ±702	34.4% ±3.4 pp	23.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	3,590 ±551	18.3% ±2.7 pp	17.4%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,831 ±431	9.4% ±2.2 pp	6.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,135 ±461	16.0% ±2.3 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,893 ±387	9.7% ±1.9 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: 33,014
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Maryland	U.S.
Same house	23,910 ±1,059	72.4% ±3.2 pp	88.7%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,187 ±609	9.7% ±1.8 pp	5.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,296 ±658	7.0% ±2.0 pp	2.8%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,464 ±661	7.5% ±2.0 pp	2.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,157 ±534	3.5% ±1.6 pp	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

10.0% of Salisbury residents (±1.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.3% in Maryland and 8.4% nationally. 87.9% 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	Salisbury	Maryland	U.S.	Compared with Maryland
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.0% ±1.9 pp	6.3%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	87.9% ±2.7 pp	92.4%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.7% ±0.8 pp	6.8%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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