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Frederick County Facts

Census Statistics

	Frederick County	Maryland
Population, 2003 estimate	213,662	5,508,909
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	9.4%	4.0%
Population, 2000	195,277	5,296,486
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	30.0%	10.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.2%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.6%	25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.6%	11.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	89.3%	64.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	6.4%	27.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.5%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.4%	4.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.1%	62.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.3%	55.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.0%	9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.6%	12.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.1%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	30.0%	31.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	26,007	854,345
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	31.9	31.2?
Housing units, 2002	77,911	2,197,126
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.9%	67.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	16.2%	25.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$160,200	$146,000?
Households, 2000	70,060	1,980,859
Persons per household, 2000	2.72	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$60,276	$52,868
Per capita money income, 1999	$25,404	$25,614
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	4.5%	8.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	5,075	129,301
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	74,219	2,091,198
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.6%	1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	11,862	322,819
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,509,113	36,505,948
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,839,289	46,428,206
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,048	$9,116
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.6%	20.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.6%	28.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,578	29,293
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,208,363	49,537,440
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	663	9,774
Persons per square mile, 2000	294.6	541.9
Metropolitan Area	Washington, DC-MD-VA	?
FIPS Code	021	24

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