Cedar Heights, Maryland

Summary

Cedar Heights is an census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.[2][3] Per the 2020 Census, the population was 1,597.[4]

Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights is located in Maryland
Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights
Location within the state of Maryland
Cedar Heights is located in the United States
Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°54′9″N 76°54′29″W / 38.90250°N 76.90806°W / 38.90250; -76.90806
Country United States of America
State Maryland
County Prince George's
Area
 • Total0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2)
 • Land0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,597
 • Density7,393.52/sq mi (2,854.76/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code24-14550
GNIS feature ID597202

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
20201,597
U.S. Decennial Census[5]
2020[6]

2020 census edit

Cedar Heights CDP, Maryland – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[6] % 2020
White alone (NH) 17 1.06%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,310 82.03%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 1 0.06%
Asian alone (NH) 12 0.75%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 5 0.31%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 21 1.31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 231 14.46%
Total 1,597 100.00%

Notable people edit

  • Earl P. Williams, Jr., U.S. flag historian (paleovexillologist) who discovered that U.S. Founding Father Francis Hopkinson designed a flag for the United States and a flag for the U.S. Navy, which became the prototype for the Stars and Stripes flag.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar Heights, Maryland
  3. ^ Rowlands, DW (January 20, 2021). "A first look at our region's new Census-Designated Places". "GGWash". Washington, DC. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Cedar Heights CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  6. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Cedar Heights CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau.
  7. ^ Williams, Earl P. Jr. (October 2012). "Did Francis Hopkinson Design Two Flags?" (PDF). NAVA News (216): 7–9. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 6, 2016.