People QuickFacts	Bowie	Maryland
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	55,232	5,839,572
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	54,727	5,773,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.9%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	54,727	5,773,552
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.9%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.5%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	11.6%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.1%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	41.4%	58.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	48.7%	29.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.1%	5.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.6%	2.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.6%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	38.9%	54.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	91.3%	86.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	13.6%	13.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	12.8%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	94.7%	88.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	46.2%	36.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	5,053	443,652
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	36.7	31.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	20,687	2,378,814
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	86.0%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	9.7%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$344,500	$319,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	19,470	2,128,377
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.78	2.63
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$41,650	$35,751
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$103,114	$72,419
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	4.2%	9.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bowie	Maryland
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,550	528,112
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	42.9%	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    	4.5%	4.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	43.6%	32.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	41,456,097
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	16,613	51,276,797
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	854,392	75,664,186
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,996	$13,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	10,758,428

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bowie	Maryland
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	18.43	9,707.24
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,970.1	594.8
 	FIPS Code    	08775	24
 	Counties    	Prince George's County
 	

(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