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People QuickFacts | Dorchester County | Maryland
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 5,928,814
Population, 2012 estimate | 32,551 | 5,884,868
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 32,618 | 5,773,623
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 2.7%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.2% | 1.9%
Population, 2010 | 32,618 | 5,773,552
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.2% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 21.3% | 22.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 18.8% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 52.0% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 68.6% | 60.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 28.0% | 30.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.0% | 6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.9% | 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.0% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 65.6% | 53.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 88.8% | 86.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.8% | 13.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 4.9% | 16.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 83.4% | 88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 17.9% | 36.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 3,265 | 438,387
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 25.5 | 31.8
Housing units, 2012 | 16,666 | 2,395,571
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 68.3% | 68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.4% | 25.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $200,000 | $304,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 13,569 | 2,138,806
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.35 | 2.64
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,505 | $36,056
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $46,199 | $72,999
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.9% | 9.4%
Business QuickFacts | Dorchester County | Maryland
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 736 | 133,248
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 9,185 | 2,104,022
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 4.3% | 1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,377 | 432,590
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,942 | 528,112
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 19.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 30.5% | 32.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 991,915 | 41,456,097
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 51,276,797
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 318,559 | 75,664,186
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,030 | $13,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 81,825 | 10,758,428
Building permits, 2012 | 79 | 15,217
Geography QuickFacts | Dorchester County | Maryland
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 540.77 | 9,707.24
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 60.3 | 594.8
FIPS Code | 19 | 24
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Cambridge, MD Micro 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