People QuickFacts Howard County Maryland Population, 2012 estimate 299,430 5,884,563 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 287,085 5,773,552 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.3% 1.9% Population, 2010 287,085 5,773,552 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.0% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.4% 23.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.6% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 63.2% 61.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 18.2% 30.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 14.9% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.3% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 6.0% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 58.5% 54.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.3% 86.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 17.6% 13.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 21.9% 16.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.9% 88.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 58.7% 36.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 19,117 443,652 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 30.6 31.7  Housing units, 2011 111,200 2,391,350 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 74.2% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 24.9% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $447,000 $319,800 Households, 2007-2011 103,547 2,128,377 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.71 2.63 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $46,594 $35,751 Median household income, 2007-2011 $105,692 $72,419 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 4.5% 9.0%     Business QuickFacts Howard County Maryland Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 8,581 134,579 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 150,997 2,075,507 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 11.9 0.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 23,437 424,163  Total number of firms, 2007 30,899 528,112 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.9% 19.3% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.5% 6.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 4.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.1% 32.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,368,343 41,456,097 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,170,808 51,276,797 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,554,990 75,664,186 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,622 $13,429 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 565,685 10,758,428 Building permits, 2011 1,177 13,481     Geography QuickFacts Howard County Maryland Land area in square miles, 2010 250.74 9,707.24 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,144.9 594.8 FIPS Code 027 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