People QuickFacts	Anne Arundel County	Maryland
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	550,488	5,884,563
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	537,656	5,773,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.4%	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	537,656	5,773,552
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.4%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.0%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	12.1%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.6%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	77.1%	61.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	16.1%	30.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	3.6%	5.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.7%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.4%	8.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	71.9%	54.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.6%	86.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	7.7%	13.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.1%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.4%	88.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	36.3%	36.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	56,554	443,652
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	29.2	31.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	214,520	2,391,350
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.9%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	17.3%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$361,700	$319,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	197,348	2,128,377
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.61	2.63
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$39,857	$35,751
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$85,690	$72,419
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	5.5%	9.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Anne Arundel County	Maryland
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	13,523	134,579
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	200,134	2,075,507
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	8.3	0.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	37,082	424,163 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	49,600	528,112
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.0%	19.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.4%	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.6%	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.2%	4.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	31.4%	32.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	3,610,107	41,456,097
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	6,922,158	51,276,797
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	9,464,955	75,664,186
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$18,491	$13,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,288,086	10,758,428
 	Building permits, 2011     	2,360	13,481

   	Geography QuickFacts	Anne Arundel County	Maryland
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	414.90	9,707.24
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,295.9	594.8
 	FIPS Code    	003	24
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area	 

(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