People QuickFacts Potomac CDP Maryland Population, 2011 estimate X 5,839,572 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base X 5,773,552 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 X 1.1% Population, 2010 44,965 5,773,552 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.3% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.3% 23.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 19.2% 12.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.2% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 75.8% 58.2% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.6% 29.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 15.9% 5.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.6% 2.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 6.4% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 70.7% 54.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.6% 86.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 28.1% 13.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 33.8% 16.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 97.6% 88.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 79.1% 36.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,734 443,652 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 31.2 31.7  Housing units, 2010 16,642 2,378,814 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 90.1% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 11.7% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $866,200 $319,800 Households, 2007-2011 16,000 2,128,377 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.79 2.63 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $87,196 $35,751 Median household income, 2007-2011 $172,394 $72,419 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 2.7% 9.0%     Business QuickFacts Potomac CDP Maryland Total number of firms, 2007 6,640 528,112 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 14.7% 6.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 34.8% 32.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 41,456,097 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 51,276,797 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 978,597 75,664,186 Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA $13,429 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 81,438 10,758,428     Geography QuickFacts Potomac CDP Maryland Land area in square miles, 2010 25.11 9,707.24 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,790.5 594.8 FIPS Code 63300 24 Counties Montgomery 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