People QuickFacts	Kent County	Maryland
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	20,191	5,884,563
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	20,197	5,773,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	Z	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	20,197	5,773,552
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.8%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	17.4%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	22.5%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	52.3%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	81.6%	61.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	15.5%	30.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.0%	5.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.7%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.5%	8.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	77.9%	54.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.3%	86.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.6%	13.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.0%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.5%	88.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	29.6%	36.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,034	443,652
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.1	31.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	10,606	2,391,350
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.7%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.9%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$272,900	$319,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,605	2,128,377
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.44	2.63
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$31,691	$35,751
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$53,480	$72,419
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.7%	9.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Kent County	Maryland
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	660	134,579
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	6,739	2,075,507
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-4.0	0.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,782	424,163 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,694	528,112
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	19.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	4.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.5%	32.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	290,197	41,456,097
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	51,276,797
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	197,080	75,664,186
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,917	$13,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	36,003	10,758,428
 	Building permits, 2011     	46	13,481

   	Geography QuickFacts	Kent County	Maryland
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	277.03	9,707.24
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	72.9	594.8
 	FIPS Code    	029	24
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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