Cedar Heights, Maryland

Census-designated place in Maryland

38°54′9″N 76°54′29″W / 38.90250°N 76.90806°W / 38.90250; -76.90806Country

United States of AmericaState

MarylandCounty

Prince George'sArea

^[1]

• Total0.22 sq mi (0.56 km²) • Land0.22 sq mi (0.56 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Population

(2020)

• Total1,597 • Density7,393.52/sq mi (2,854.76/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code24-14550GNIS feature ID597202

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]

2020 census

**Cedar Heights CDP, Maryland – Racial and Ethnic Composition**
(*NH = Non-Hispanic*)
*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	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%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	5	0.31%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (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.^[7]

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar Heights, Maryland
^ Rowlands, DW (January 20, 2021). "A first look at our region's new Census-Designated Places". "GGWash". Washington, DC. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
^ "Cedar Heights CDP, Maryland". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ 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.