Harford County, Maryland QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Harford County Maryland
?  Population, 2000 218,5905,296,486
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 20.0%10.8%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.2%6.7%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.9%25.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 10.1%11.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 86.8%64.0%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 9.3%27.9%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.5%4.0%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%Z
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7%1.8%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.5%2.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 51.0%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.9%4.3%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 85.8%62.1%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 94,0272,448,733
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 24,768826,164
?  Housing units, 2000 83,1462,145,283
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 78.0%67.7%
?  Households, 2000 79,6671,980,859
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.722.61
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 41.4%37.3%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $52,231$45,289
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 6.4%9.5%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 9.6%14.9%

Business QuickFacts Harford County Maryland
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 4,702126,577
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 53,3461,938,727
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 35.6%7.1%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 11,231298,912
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,274,62736,505,948
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,755,41946,428,206
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,265$9,116
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 55855,587
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 4,138121,777
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 2,04629,757
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 1,314,24141,990,244
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 6,614171,635

Geography QuickFacts Harford County Maryland
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 4409,774
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 496.8541.9
?  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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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown