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Worcester County Facts

Census Statistics

	Worcester County	Maryland
Population, 2003 estimate	49,604	5,508,909
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.6%	4.0%
Population, 2000	46,543	5,296,486
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	32.9%	10.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.9%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.5%	25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	20.1%	11.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	81.2%	64.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	16.7%	27.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.0%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.3%	4.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	80.4%	62.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.3%	55.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.7%	9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.1%	12.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	81.7%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	21.6%	31.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	9,154	854,345
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.3	31.2?
Housing units, 2002	48,147	2,197,126
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.0%	67.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	47.5%	25.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$121,500	$146,000?
Households, 2000	19,694	1,980,859
Persons per household, 2000	2.33	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$40,650	$52,868
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,505	$25,614
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.6%	8.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,155	129,301
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	18,462	2,091,198
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.3%	1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	4,181	322,819
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	275,397	36,505,948
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	545,995	46,428,206
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,958	$9,116
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	10.2%	20.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.6%	28.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,148	29,293
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	420,983	49,537,440
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	473	9,774
Persons per square mile, 2000	98.4	541.9
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	047	24

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