People QuickFacts	Baltimore County	Maryland
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	817,455	5,884,563
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	805,029	5,773,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.5%	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	805,029	5,773,552
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.0%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.8%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.7%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	52.7%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	65.4%	61.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	26.8%	30.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	5.2%	5.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.1%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.4%	8.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	62.0%	54.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.5%	86.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	10.7%	13.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	12.6%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.2%	88.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	35.2%	36.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	60,413	443,652
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.2	31.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	336,939	2,391,350
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	67.0%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	28.2%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$269,400	$319,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	315,127	2,128,377
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.48	2.63
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$34,304	$35,751
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$65,411	$72,419
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	8.2%	9.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Baltimore County	Maryland
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	19,805	134,579
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	310,646	2,075,507
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-1.2	0.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	58,553	424,163 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	76,111	528,112
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	17.3%	19.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.3%	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.1%	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.2%	4.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.7%	32.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	9,247,191	41,456,097
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	5,609,327	51,276,797
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	12,074,866	75,664,186
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,341	$13,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,414,111	10,758,428
 	Building permits, 2011     	487	13,481

   	Geography QuickFacts	Baltimore County	Maryland
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	598.30	9,707.24
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,345.5	594.8
 	FIPS Code    	005	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