People QuickFacts	Elkton	Maryland
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	15,531	5,839,572
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,443	5,773,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	15,443	5,773,552
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.4%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	28.0%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.3%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.8%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	76.0%	58.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	15.1%	29.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.6%	5.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.8%	2.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.9%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	73.2%	54.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	82.0%	86.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	7.0%	13.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	11.9%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.0%	88.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.7%	36.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,293	443,652
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.3	31.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	5,944	2,378,814
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	55.4%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	27.1%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$230,000	$319,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,195	2,128,377
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.72	2.63
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,261	$35,751
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$57,512	$72,419
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	11.6%	9.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Elkton	Maryland
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,258	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    	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    	S	32.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	41,456,097
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	18,100	51,276,797
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	430,238	75,664,186
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$29,165	$13,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	40,030	10,758,428

   	Geography QuickFacts	Elkton	Maryland
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	8.35	9,707.24
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,849.0	594.8
 	FIPS Code    	25800	24
 	Counties    	Cecil 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