People QuickFacts Maryland USA Population, 2011 estimate 5,828,289 311,591,917 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,773,552 308,745,538 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.9% 0.9% Population, 2010 5,773,552 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.3% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.1% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.5% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.6% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 61.1% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 30.0% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.8% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.5% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 8.4% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 54.4% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 85.9% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 13.2% 12.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 15.9% 20.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 87.8% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 35.7% 27.9% Veterans, 2006-2010 455,328 22,652,496 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 31.3 25.2  Housing units, 2011 2,391,350 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 69.0% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 25.7% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $329,400 $188,400 Households, 2006-2010 2,121,047 114,235,996 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.62 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $34,849 $27,334 Median household income 2006-2010 $70,647 $51,914 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 8.6% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts Maryland USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 134,579 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,075,507 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 0.8 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 424,163 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 528,112 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 19.3% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.8% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.9% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.6% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 41,456,097 5,338,306,501 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 51,276,797 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 75,664,186 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,429 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,758,428 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 13,481 624,061     Geography QuickFacts Maryland USA Land area in square miles, 2010 9,707.24 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 594.8 87.4 FIPS Code 24 (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