Editing Severn, Maryland

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Severn
| settlement_type    = [[Census-designated place]]
| nickname           = 
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| image_skyline      = Severn, Maryland (14311506070).jpg
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| image_caption      = 2014 aerial photo of Severn
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| image_map          = Anne_Arundel_County_Maryland_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Severn_Highlighted.svg
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| map_caption        = Location of Severn, Maryland
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| subdivision_name   = {{Flagu|United States|size=23px}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Maryland|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Maryland|size=23px}}
| subdivision_name2  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.png|size=23px}} [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]]
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_24.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 26, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 47.50
| area_land_km2      = 47.50
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 18.34
| area_land_sq_mi    = 18.34
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 57118
| population_density_km2 = 1202.48
| population_density_sq_mi = 3114.39
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = &minus;5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = &minus;4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 49
| elevation_ft       = 161
| coordinates        = {{coord|39|7|58|N|76|41|38|W|region:US-MD_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 21144
| area_code          = [[Area codes 410, 443, and 667|410, 443, and 667]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 24-71150
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0591249
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'''Severn''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], [[Maryland]], United States. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], the population of Severn is 57,118,<ref>{{Cite web |title=P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=severn&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |access-date=18 Dec 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> a 22.6% increase from 44,231 in [[2010 United States census|2010]]. The [[zip code]] is 21144.

==Geography==
Severn is located at {{coord|39|7|58|N|76|41|38|W|type:city}} (39.132841, &minus;76.694002)<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> in northwestern Anne Arundel County. It is bordered by [[Hanover, Maryland|Hanover]] to the north, [[Glen Burnie, Maryland|Glen Burnie]] to the east, [[Odenton, Maryland|Odenton]] and [[Millersville, Maryland|Millersville]] to the south, and [[Fort George G. Meade]] to the west. The [[Baltimore–Washington Parkway]] (Maryland Route 295) forms the northwestern edge of the CDP, [[Maryland Route 176]] (Dorsey Road) forms the northern edge, and [[Interstate 97]] forms the eastern edge. Part of the southern boundary of the CDP is formed by the non-tidal portion of the [[Severn River (Maryland)|Severn River]]. The [[Maryland Route 100]] freeway runs through the northern part of the CDP, connecting the B-W Parkway and I-97.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|45.9|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Severn CDP, Maryland |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2471150 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212185359/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2471150 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

Severn is also represented at the County Council level by [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Pete Smith]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box |location=Severn, MD
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 42
|Feb high F = 45
|Mar high F = 54
|Apr high F = 65
|May high F = 74
|Jun high F = 82
|Jul high F = 86
|Aug high F = 84
|Sep high F = 77
|Oct high F = 67
|Nov high F = 56
|Dec high F = 46
|Jan low F = 27
|Feb low F = 29
|Mar low F = 36
|Apr low F = 45
|May low F = 55
|Jun low F = 63
|Jul low F = 68
|Aug low F = 66
|Sep low F = 59
|Oct low F = 48
|Nov low F = 39
|Dec low F = 32
|source 1 = WeatherSpark<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weatherspark.com/y/21899/Average-Weather-in-Severn-Maryland-United-States-Year-Round|title=Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Severn, Maryland|publisher=Cedar Lake Ventures Inc.|access-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1980 = 20147
| 1980n = <ref name="1980 Census">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/maryland/1980a_mdabc-01.pdf|title=Number of Inhabitants of Maryland|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census|page=13|accessdate=February 24, 2023}}</ref>
| 1990 = 24499
| 1990n = <ref name="1990 & 2000 Census">{{cite web|url=https://planning.maryland.gov/MSDC/Documents/Census/Cen2000/pl94-171/bycdp/cdp0090t.pdf|title=Total Population Maryland's Census Designated Places: 2000 & 1990|publisher=Maryland Department of Planning|page=4|accessdate=February 24, 2023}}</ref>
| 2000 = 35076
| 2000n = <ref name="1990 & 2000 Census" />
| 2010 = 44231
| 2010n = <ref name="P1: RACE - 2010">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=severn,+MD&y=2010&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1|title=P1: RACE|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=February 24, 2023}}</ref>
| 2020 = 57118
| 2020n = <ref name="P1: RACE - 2020">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=severn,+MD&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1|title=P1: RACE|publisher= United States Census Bureau|accessdate=February 24, 2023}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Severn CDP, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''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.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Severn CDP, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2471150&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Severn CDP, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2471150&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Severn CDP, Maryland |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2471150&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|19,106
|21,538
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,933
|54.47%
|48.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38.50%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|11,943
|14,524
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19,321
|34.05%
|32.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33.83%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|138
|112
|style='background: #ffffe6; |134
|0.39%
|0.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,492
|3,429
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,678
|4.25%
|7.75%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.94%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|32
|55
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|0.09%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|91
|104
|style='background: #ffffe6; |346
|0.26%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.61%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|884
|1,694
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,515
|2.52%
|3.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.15%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,390
|2,775
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,084
|3.96%
|6.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.65%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''35,076'''
|'''44,231'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''57,118'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2021 estimates===
In 2021, [[American Community Survey|ACS]] estimated that 53,955 people lived in Severn, the [[Race and ethnicity in the United States|racial breakdown]] of which is 46.8% White alone, 31.2% Black, 8.8% Asian, 7.6% Hispanic (of any race), 0.1% Native American, and 5.8% two or more races.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=severn,+MD&tid=ACSDP5Y2021.DP05|title=DP05: ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 29, 2023}}</ref> The population density is {{convert|3114.39|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

It was also estimated (as of 2021) that there are 21,106 housing units in Severn, with an average density of {{convert|1150.82|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The median household income is $115,481.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=severn,+MD&tid=ACSST5Y2021.S1901|title=S1901: INCOME IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 30, 2023}}</ref>

== Education ==

===Public schools===
Students who live in Severn may attend any public high school in the [[Anne Arundel County Public Schools]] district. The high school feeder districts in Severn include [[Glen Burnie High School]], [[Old Mill High School]] and [[Meade High School]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transportation Eligibility |url=https://aacps-transpo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=ae0e61779b23489a86f49a4699b78bb0 |access-date=27 Mar 2023 |website=AACPS School Locator and Transportation Eligibility Indicator}}</ref>

=== Private schools ===
* [[Annapolis Area Christian School]]
* [[Archbishop Spalding High School]]

== Notable residents ==
* [[Christopher Agorsor]], soccer player
* [[3LW|Jessica Benson]], singer
* [[The Braxtons]] ([[Toni Braxton|Toni]], [[Traci Braxton|Traci]], Towanda, [[Trina Braxton|Trina]] and [[Tamar Braxton|Tamar]], along with their brother Michael), singers and stars of ''[[Braxton Family Values]]''
* [[Steve Dannenmann]], accountant who gained fame as the [[2005 World Series of Poker]] runner-up
* [[A. J. Francis]], former NFL defense tackle
* [[Marina Harrison]], [[Miss Maryland]] 2003 and [[Miss Maryland USA]] 2005
* [[C. Edward Middlebrooks]], politician
* [[Erin O'Donnell]], singer
* [[Victor Sulin]], politician

==References==
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