Cedar Heights, Maryland

Cedar Heights
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 38°54′9″N76°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 [1]
• Total	0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2)
• Land	0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,597
• Density	7,393.52/sq mi (2,854.76/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	24-14550
GNIS feature ID	597202

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]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,597		—
U.S. Decennial Census [5] 2020 [6]

Cedar Heights first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census. ^[7]

2020 census

Cedar Heights CDP, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition
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 (NH = Non-Hispanic)	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%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	5	0.31%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	21	1.31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	231	14.46%
Total	1,597	100.00%

Notable people

• 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. ^[8]

See also

• Chapel Oaks-Cedar Heights, a single census area recorded during the 1970 Census.

References

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. "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. "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
8. 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.