Origin: What was to become St. Mary's
County was land where the Conoy Indians lived.
Here, the English settlement of Lord Baltimore's
Maryland began with the arrival of the
passengers who had set sail on the Ark and the
Dove from the Isle of Wight on November 22,
1633. They landed at St. Clement's Island in the
Potomac River on the southwestern side of
present-day St. Mary's County on March 25, 1634.
Now, the date of their landing is commemorated
annually as Maryland Day.
St. Mary's, the first Maryland county, was
established in 1637, probably by an order of the
Governor. The County was named in honor of Mary,
the mother of Jesus.
County Seat: Leonardtown, MD 20650 |
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St. Mary's County is one of
about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in
the United States. It has 361.3 sq. miles in
land area and a population density of 267.1 per
square mile. In the last three decades of the
1900s its population grew by 81.9%. On the 2000
census form, 98.3% of the population reported
only one race, with 13.9% of these reporting
African-American. The population of this county
is 2.0% Hispanic (of any race). The average
household size is 2.72 persons compared to an
average family size of 3.17 persons.
In 2005 professional and technical services
was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an
average wage per job of $65,309. Per capita
income grew by 30.0% between 1994 and 2004
(adjusted for inflation). |
People & Income
Overview
(By Place of Residence) |
Value |
Industry
Overview (2005)
(By Place of Work) |
Value |
Population (2005) |
96,518 |
Covered Employment |
37,512 |
Growth (%) since
1990 |
27.0% |
Average wage per job |
$46,013 |
Households (2000) |
30,642 |
Manufacturing - %
all jobs in County |
1.3% |
Labor Force
(persons) (2005) |
49,890 |
Average wage per job |
$50,572 |
Unemployment Rate
(2005) |
3.4 |
Transportation &
Warehousing - % all jobs in County |
5.0% |
Per Capita Personal
Income (2004) |
$33,004 |
Average wage per job |
$43,897 |
Median Household
Income (2003) |
$58,651 |
Health Care, Social
Assist. - % all jobs in County |
8.7% |
Poverty Rate (2003) |
7.4 |
Average wage per job |
$35,853 |
H.S. Diploma or
More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) |
85.3 |
Finance and
Insurance - % all jobs in County |
1.3% |
Bachelor's Deg. or
More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) |
22.6 |
Average wage per job |
$33,390 |
Circuit Court: www.courts.state.md.us/stmarys.html
College of Southern Maryland (Leonardtown campus):
www.csmd.edu
County Attorney:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/countyattorney/index.asp
County Commissioners: www.co.saint-marys.md.us/page2.asp
County Government: www.co.saint-marys.md.us
District Court:
www.courts.state.md.us/district/directories/courtmap.html#stmarys
Economic & Community Development Dept.:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/decd
Elections Board:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/supervisorofelections/
Emergency Communications:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/emergencycomm/index.asp
Finance Dept.:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/finance/index.asp
Health Dept.: www.smchd.org
Housing Authority:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/housing/index.asp
Human Resources Dept.:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/hro/vacancy
Information Technology Dept.:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/IT/index.asp
Job Service: www.dllr.state.md.us/county/stmarys/
Land Use & Growth Management Dept.:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/lugm/index.asp
Library: www.somd.lib.md.us/STMA/Libraries
Public Defender:
www.opd.state.md.us/locations/stmarys.htm
Public Schools: www.smcps.k12.md.us
Public Works & Transportation Dept.:
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/dpw
Recreation & Parks: www.co.saint-marys.md.us/recreate
Register of Wills:
www.registers.state.md.us/county/sm/html/stmarys.html
St. Mary's County: www.co.saint-marys.md.us
Sheriff: www.firstsheriff.com
Social Services Dept.: www.dhr.state.md.us/stmarys.htm
Southern Maryland Higher Education Center: www.smhec.org
Tourism Division: www.co.saint-marys.md.us/tourism |