Editing Darnestown, Maryland (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880=1658
| 1890=1684
| 1900=1675
| 1910=1589
| 1920=1489
| 1930=1566
| 1940=1632
| 1950=2697
| 1960=3526
| 1970=4999
| 2000=6378
| 2010=6802
| 2020=6723
| footnote=Note: Darnestown District 1880-1970<br />Darnestown CDP beg. 2000<br />Source: United States Census{{#tag:ref|Source for 1880 and 1890, is the 1890 Census.<ref name="1890Census178">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|1895|p=178}}</ref> Other sources are: for 1900-1920, the 1920 Census;<ref name="1920Census454">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|1925|p=454}}</ref> for 1930-1950, the 1950 Census;<ref name="1950Census20-10">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|1953|p=20-10}}</ref> and for 1960 and 1970, the 1970 Census.<ref name="1970CensusP22-18">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|1973|p=22-18}}</ref> The 2000 U.S. Census lists a Darnestown population for 2000, but is blank for 1990 and 1980.<ref name="2000Census16"/> The source for 2010 and 2020 is the 2020 Census.<ref name="QuickFacts"/>|group=Note}}
}}

An 1879 history of Montgomery County describes the Darnestown village as having a population of 200 with a church, academy, public school, postmaster, two merchants, two millers, and 16 farmers.<ref name="Boyd126-127">{{harvnb|Boyd|1879|pp=126–127}}</ref> The Darnestown District (No. 6) created around that time included the Darnestown village, Seneca, Hunting Hill, the small community eventually named Travilah, and farmland in between the communities.<ref name="1879map"/> The 1880 population for the Darnestown District was 1,658, while the population of the entire county was 24,759.<ref name="Scharf655">{{harvnb|Scharf|1882|p=655}}</ref>

===2000 census===
In the 2000 Census, a Darnestown census-designated place (CDP) was created.<ref name="2000CensusIII-6"/> County subdivision District 6 contained the Darnestown CDP, part of the city of Gaithersburg, part of the Germantown CDP, part of the North Potomac CDP, and part of the Travilah CDP.<ref name="2000Census9">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|2003|p=9}}</ref> The Darnestown CDP had a population of 6,378, with populations for the urban and rural portions of 3,391 and 2,987, respectively. No data were listed for 1990 and 1980.<ref name="2000Census16">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|2003|p=16}}</ref> The Darnestown CDP had 2,064 housing units, a total area of {{convert|17.69|sqmi|km2}}, and a land area of {{convert|16.58|sqmi|km2}}. (The difference between the two areas is water—mostly the Potomac River for Darnestown.) The average population per square mile of land ([[population density]]) was {{convert|384.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}, and the average number of housing units per square mile (housing density) was 124.5 (48.1 units per km<sup>2</sup>).<ref name="2000Census9"/>

===2010 census===
A portion of the Darnestown CDP is considered part of the Washington, DC–VA–MD Urbanized Area.<ref name="2010CensusIV-2">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|2012|p=IV-2}}</ref> As of the 2010 U.S. census, the Darnestown CDP population was 6,802—a ranking of 162 for the state of Maryland.<ref name="2010Census44">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|2012|p=44}}</ref> Total land area was {{convert|16.39|sqmi|km2}} out of a total area of {{convert|17.70|sqmi|km2}}—which includes small differences from the areas used in the 2000 census. The population density was {{convert|415.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,275 housing units at an average density of {{convert|138.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}.<ref name="2010Census28-29">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|2012|pp=28–29}}</ref> These densities were much lower than [[county seat]] Rockville, where the District 4 portion had a population density of {{convert|4403.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}} and a housing density of 1,779.3 units per square mile (687.0 units per km<sup>2</sup>).<ref name="2010Census18">{{harvnb|United States Census Bureau|2012|p=18}}</ref>

===Current===
As of 2018 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau, Darnestown has a median household income of $227,962 and a poverty rate of 0.3 percent.<ref name="QuickFactsDarnestown"/> In Bloomberg's 2020 Index of the 200 richest communities within the United States, Darnestown was ranked 50th.<ref name="CNBCbloomberg">{{cite news
|title=These are the Top 10 Richest Places in America
|publisher=CNBC LLC, a Division of [[NBCUniversal|NBC Universal]]
|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/bloomberg-richest-places-in-america.html
|access-date=2020-08-11
|newspaper=[[CNBC]]
|date=2020-02-21
|last1=Locke
|first1=Taylor}}</ref> An estimated 2,209 households have an average of 2.9 persons living in them.<ref name="QuickFactsDarnestown"/> The percentage of residents under the age of 18 was 22.4, while 13.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup was 52.0 percent male and 48.0 percent female.<ref name="QuickFactsDarnestown"/>

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of the community was 74.6 percent White alone, 6.0 percent African American alone, 16.1 percent Asian alone, and 3.1 percent from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.9 percent of the population.<ref name="QuickFactsDarnestown"/> The educational attainment for the community is above the average for the United States, with 96.2 percent of Darnestown residents aged 25 years or more being a high school graduate or higher, while the same figure for the United States is 87.7 percent. A bachelor's degree or higher was attained by 72.6 percent of residents aged 25 or more.<ref name="QuickFactsDarnestown"/>