People QuickFacts	Talbot County	Maryland
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	38,098	5,884,563
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	37,782	5,773,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.8%	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	37,782	5,773,552
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.9%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	19.0%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	24.4%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	52.3%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	83.4%	61.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	13.4%	30.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.4%	5.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.5%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	5.8%	8.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	78.5%	54.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.1%	86.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.9%	13.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.7%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.8%	88.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	32.7%	36.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	4,319	443,652
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.4	31.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	19,645	2,391,350
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.6%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	12.7%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$352,200	$319,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	15,539	2,128,377
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.38	2.63
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$38,199	$35,751
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$63,399	$72,419
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.7%	9.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Talbot County	Maryland
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,505	134,579
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	16,554	2,075,507
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-2.0	0.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	4,178	424,163 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,247	528,112
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	19.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	24.6%	32.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	41,456,097
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	252,667	51,276,797
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	711,868	75,664,186
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$19,732	$13,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	104,944	10,758,428
 	Building permits, 2011     	169	13,481

   	Geography QuickFacts	Talbot County	Maryland
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	268.54	9,707.24
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	140.7	594.8
 	FIPS Code    	041	24
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Easton, MD Micro 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