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People QuickFacts | Howard County | Maryland
Population, 2012 estimate | 299,430 | 5,884,563
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 287,085 | 5,773,552
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.3% | 1.9%
Population, 2010 | 287,085 | 5,773,552
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.9% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.9% | 22.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 11.2% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 62.3% | 60.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 18.1% | 30.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 15.7% | 6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 3.4% | 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 6.2% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 57.6% | 53.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.3% | 86.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.6% | 13.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 21.9% | 16.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 94.9% | 88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 58.7% | 36.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 19,117 | 443,652
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 30.6 | 31.7
Housing units, 2011 | 111,200 | 2,391,350
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 74.2% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.9% | 25.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $447,000 | $319,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 103,547 | 2,128,377
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.71 | 2.63
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $46,594 | $35,751
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $105,692 | $72,419
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 9.0%
Business QuickFacts | Howard County | Maryland
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 8,547 | 133,248
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 152,384 | 2,104,022
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.9% | 1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 23,865 | 432,590
Total number of firms, 2007 | 30,899 | 528,112
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 14.9% | 19.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 13.5% | 6.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.6% | 4.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.1% | 32.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,368,343 | 41,456,097
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,170,808 | 51,276,797
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,554,990 | 75,664,186
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,622 | $13,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 565,685 | 10,758,428
Building permits, 2012 | 1,686 | 15,217
Geography QuickFacts | Howard County | Maryland
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 250.74 | 9,707.24
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,144.9 | 594.8
FIPS Code | 27 | 24
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Baltimore-Towson, MD 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