People QuickFacts Salisbury Maryland Population, 2011 estimate 30,484 5,839,572 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 30,343 5,773,552 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.5% 1.1% Population, 2010 30,343 5,773,552 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.3% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.7% 23.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.1% 12.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.7% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 55.7% 58.2% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 34.4% 29.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.2% 5.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.2% 2.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 7.0% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 52.8% 54.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 69.2% 86.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 12.4% 13.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 18.1% 16.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.6% 88.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.7% 36.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,154 443,652 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.1 31.7  Housing units, 2010 13,401 2,378,814 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 37.5% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 44.9% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $172,300 $319,800 Households, 2007-2011 11,432 2,128,377 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.46 2.63 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,359 $35,751 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,590 $72,419 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 25.0% 9.0%     Business QuickFacts Salisbury Maryland Total number of firms, 2007 2,852 528,112 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.3% 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 2.8% 4.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.9% 32.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 811,644 41,456,097 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 416,141 51,276,797 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,104,605 75,664,186 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $39,801 $13,429 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 151,369 10,758,428     Geography QuickFacts Salisbury Maryland Land area in square miles, 2010 13.40 9,707.24 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,265.2 594.8 FIPS Code 69925 24 Counties Wicomico 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