Carroll County, Maryland QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Carroll County Maryland
?  Population, 2000 150,8975,296,486
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 22.3%10.8%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.7%6.7%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.7%25.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 10.8%11.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 95.7%64.0%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.3%27.9%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8%4.0%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%1.8%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.7%2.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.6%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.0%4.3%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 95.1%62.1%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 62,1042,448,733
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 15,493826,164
?  Housing units, 2000 54,2602,145,283
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 82.0%67.7%
?  Households, 2000 52,5031,980,859
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.812.61
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 42.4%37.3%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $55,906$45,289
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 4.9%9.5%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 7.2%14.9%

Business QuickFacts Carroll County Maryland
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 3,845126,577
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 40,3961,938,727
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 8.3%7.1%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 8,997298,912
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 716,92436,505,948
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,160,56946,428,206
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $7,899$9,116
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 30455,587
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 3,834121,777
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1,25629,757
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 475,53041,990,244
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 4,170171,635

Geography QuickFacts Carroll County Maryland
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 4499,774
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 336.1541.9
?  Metropolitan Area Baltimore, MD PMSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown