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People QuickFacts | Gaithersburg | Maryland
Population, 2011 estimate | 61,045 | 5,839,572
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 59,933 | 5,773,552
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.9% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 59,933 | 5,773,552
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.3% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.2% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 9.5% | 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.4% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 50.8% | 58.2%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 16.3% | 29.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 16.9% | 5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 4.8% | 2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 24.2% | 8.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 40.0% | 54.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.5% | 86.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 38.1% | 13.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 46.0% | 16.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.0% | 88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 52.3% | 36.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,955 | 443,652
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 31.2 | 31.7
Housing units, 2010 | 23,337 | 2,378,814
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 56.5% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 49.7% | 25.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $376,900 | $319,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 22,684 | 2,128,377
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.58 | 2.63
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $39,591 | $35,751
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $81,118 | $72,419
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.3% | 9.0%
Business QuickFacts | Gaithersburg | Maryland
Total number of firms, 2007 | 7,775 | 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 | 14.8% | 6.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.5% | 4.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.0% | 32.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 559,477 | 41,456,097
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 499,111 | 51,276,797
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,068,364 | 75,664,186
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $35,463 | $13,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 265,860 | 10,758,428
Geography QuickFacts | Gaithersburg | Maryland
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 10.2 | 9,707.24
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 5,875.2 | 594.8
FIPS Code | 31175 | 24
Counties | Montgomery County
(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