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| People Quick Facts |
Worcester County |
Maryland |
| Population, 2004 estimate |
48,974 |
5,558,058 |
| Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2004 |
5.2% |
4.9% |
| 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% |
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| 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 ofHispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
80.4% |
62.1% |
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| 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, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
23.3 |
31.2 |
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| Housing units, 2000 |
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 |
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| Households, 2000 |
19,694 |
1,980,859 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.33 |
2.61 |
| Median household money income, 1999 |
$40,650 |
$52,868 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$22,505 |
$25,614 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
9.6% |
8.5% |
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| (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 |
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