People QuickFacts Wicomico County Maryland Population, 2012 estimate 100,647 5,884,563 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 98,733 5,773,552 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.9% 1.9% Population, 2010 98,733 5,773,552 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.3% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.2% 23.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.3% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.2% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 69.7% 61.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 24.9% 30.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.7% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.2% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.7% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 66.0% 54.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.6% 86.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.9% 13.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.9% 16.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.4% 88.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.6% 36.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 8,007 443,652 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.9 31.7  Housing units, 2011 41,332 2,391,350 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 64.7% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.2% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $195,400 $319,800 Households, 2007-2011 36,406 2,128,377 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.59 2.63 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,929 $35,751 Median household income, 2007-2011 $51,739 $72,419 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.0% 9.0%     Business QuickFacts Wicomico County Maryland Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,528 134,579 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 35,484 2,075,507 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -4.9 0.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,642 424,163  Total number of firms, 2007 8,539 528,112 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.0% 19.3% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 2.0% 4.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.0% 32.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 41,456,097 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 51,276,797 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,780,832 75,664,186 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $19,078 $13,429 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 184,806 10,758,428 Building permits, 2011 107 13,481     Geography QuickFacts Wicomico County Maryland Land area in square miles, 2010 374.44 9,707.24 Persons per square mile, 2010 263.7 594.8 FIPS Code 045 24 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Salisbury, 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