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People QuickFacts | Wicomico County | Maryland
Population, 2012 estimate | 100,647 | 5,884,563
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 98,733 | 5,773,552
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.9% | 1.9%
Population, 2010 | 98,733 | 5,773,552
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.3% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 22.2% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.3% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 52.2% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 69.7% | 61.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 24.9% | 30.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 5.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.2% | 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.7% | 8.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 66.0% | 54.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.6% | 86.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.9% | 13.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.9% | 16.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.4% | 88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 25.6% | 36.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 8,007 | 443,652
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.9 | 31.7
Housing units, 2011 | 41,332 | 2,391,350
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 64.7% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.2% | 25.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $195,400 | $319,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 36,406 | 2,128,377
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.63
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,929 | $35,751
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,739 | $72,419
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.0% | 9.0%
Business QuickFacts | Wicomico County | Maryland
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 2,528 | 134,579
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 35,484 | 2,075,507
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -4.9 | 0.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 5,642 | 424,163
Total number of firms, 2007 | 8,539 | 528,112
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.0% | 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 | 2.0% | 4.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.0% | 32.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 41,456,097
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 51,276,797
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,780,832 | 75,664,186
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,078 | $13,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 184,806 | 10,758,428
Building permits, 2011 | 107 | 13,481
Geography QuickFacts | Wicomico County | Maryland
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 374.44 | 9,707.24
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 263.7 | 594.8
FIPS Code | 45 | 24
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Salisbury, 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