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People QuickFacts |
Maryland |
USA |
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Population, 2010 |
5,773,552 | 308,745,538 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
9.0% | 9.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
5,296,486 | 281,421,906 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
6.3% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
23.4% | 24.0% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
12.3% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 |
51.6% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
58.2% | 72.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
29.4% | 12.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.4% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
5.5% | 4.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.1% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
2.9% | 2.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
8.2% | 16.3% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
54.7% | 63.7% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 |
85.5% | 83.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 |
12.3% | 12.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 |
14.9% | 19.6% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
87.5% | 84.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
35.2% | 27.5% |
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Veterans, 2005-2009 |
461,622 | 22,894,578 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 |
31.1 | 25.2 |
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Housing units, 2010 |
2,378,814 | 131,704,730 |
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Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 |
69.6% | 66.9% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 |
25.3% | 25.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 |
$326,400 | $185,400 |
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Households, 2005-2009 |
2,092,538 | 112,611,029 |
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Persons per household, 2005-2009 |
2.63 | 2.60 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 |
$34,236 | $27,041 |
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Median household income, 2009 |
$69,193 | $50,221 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 |
9.2% | 14.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Maryland |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 |
135,6331 | 7,433,465 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2009 |
2,122,3881 | 114,509,626 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 |
3.1%1 | 0.4% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2009 |
409,957 | 21,090,761 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 |
528,112 | 27,092,908 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
19.3% | 7.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.6% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
6.8% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
4.9% | 8.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
32.6% | 28.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
41,456,097 | 5,338,306,501 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
51,276,797 | 4,174,286,516 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
75,664,186 | 3,917,663,456 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$13,429 | $12,990 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
10,758,428 | 613,795,732 |
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Building permits, 2010 |
11,931 | 604,610 |
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Federal spending, 2009 |
96,070,9701 | 3,175,336,0502 |