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People QuickFacts | Dorchester County | Maryland
Population, 2012 estimate | 32,551 | 5,884,563
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 32,618 | 5,773,552
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, 2011 | 6.2% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.7% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 17.9% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 52.1% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 68.7% | 61.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 28.0% | 30.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.0% | 5.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.9% | 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 3.8% | 8.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 65.8% | 54.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.6% | 86.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.4% | 13.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 16.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.2% | 88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 36.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,199 | 443,652
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.3 | 31.7
Housing units, 2011 | 16,574 | 2,391,350
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.8% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.3% | 25.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $202,000 | $319,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 13,528 | 2,128,377
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.35 | 2.63
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,208 | $35,751
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $46,683 | $72,419
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.0% | 9.0%
Business QuickFacts | Dorchester County | Maryland
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 739 | 134,579
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 8,804 | 2,075,507
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -8.8 | 0.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,423 | 424,163
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, 2011 | 52 | 13,481
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