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People QuickFacts | Washington County | Maryland
Population, 2012 estimate | 149,180 | 5,884,563
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 147,430 | 5,773,552
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.2% | 1.9%
Population, 2010 | 147,430 | 5,773,552
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.8% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.4% | 22.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.9% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 48.9% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 85.2% | 60.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 10.4% | 30.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.6% | 6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.5% | 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 3.8% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 82.2% | 53.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.3% | 86.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 13.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.7% | 16.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.2% | 88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.0% | 36.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 12,478 | 443,652
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.2 | 31.7
Housing units, 2011 | 60,819 | 2,391,350
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 66.8% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.9% | 25.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $230,500 | $319,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 55,485 | 2,128,377
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.53 | 2.63
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,392 | $35,751
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $53,180 | $72,419
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.2% | 9.0%
Business QuickFacts | Washington County | Maryland
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 3,425 | 133,248
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 55,501 | 2,104,022
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.5% | 1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 8,167 | 432,590
Total number of firms, 2007 | 11,240 | 528,112
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.9% | 19.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 6.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.0% | 32.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,448,692 | 41,456,097
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,265,253 | 51,276,797
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,463,271 | 75,664,186
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,988 | $13,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 229,661 | 10,758,428
Building permits, 2012 | 167 | 15,217
Geography QuickFacts | Washington County | Maryland
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 457.78 | 9,707.24
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 322.1 | 594.8
FIPS Code | 43 | 24
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts