37,506 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 60,814 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 85.1% white, 9.6% black or African American, 1.4% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 1.1% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 3.5% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 31.7% were German, 14.1% were Irish, 9.8% were English, 8.5% were American, and 5.1% were Italian. Of the 55,687 households, 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.6% were non-families, and 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.01. The median age was 39.7 years. The median income for a household in the county was $52,994 and the median income for a family was $65,811. Males had a median income of $47,622 versus $34,225 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,588. About 7.7% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over. Communities City Hagerstown (county seat) Towns Boonsboro Clear Spring Funkstown Hancock Keedysville Sharpsburg Smithsburg Williamsport Census-designated places The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county: Antietam Bagtown Bakersville Beaver Creek Big Pool Big Spring Breathedsville Brownsville Cavetown Cearfoss Charlton Chewsville Dargan Downsville Eakles Mill Edgemont Ernstville Fairplay Fairview Fort Ritchie Fountainhead-Orchard Hills Gapland Garretts Mill Greensburg Halfway Highfield-Cascade Indian Springs Jugtown Kemps Mill Leitersburg Mapleville Maugansville Mercersville Middleburg Mount Aetna Mount Briar Mount Lena Paramount-Long Meadow Pecktonville Pinesburg Pondsville Reid Ringgold Robinwood Rohrersville Saint James San Mar Sandy Hook Tilghmanton Trego-Rohrersville Station Wilson-Conococheague Yarrowsburg Unincorporated communities Appletown Benevola Broadfording Burtner Huyett Pen Mar Samples Manor Spielman Trego Van Lear Weverton Woodmont Zittlestown Politics and government Federal representation The county is located within Maryland's 6th congressional district. The representative of the district currently is David Trone (D). Like most of Appalachia, German-influenced and Unionist Western Maryland, Washington County is solidly Republican. The last Democrat to carry Washington County at a Presidential level was Lyndon Johnson during his 1964 landslide win over Barry Goldwater, although between 1888 and 1940 the county was a consistent