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  People QuickFacts Dorchester County Maryland
  Population, 2001 estimate 30,6125,375,156
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.2%1.5%
  Population, 2000 30,6745,296,486
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.4%10.8%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 64.6%55.7%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 74.2%83.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 12.0%31.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 25.231.2
  Housing units, 2000 14,6812,145,283
  Homeownership rate, 2000 70.1%67.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 15.0%25.8%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $92,300$146,000
  Households, 2000 12,7061,980,859
  Persons per household, 2000 2.362.61
  Median household money income, 1999 $34,077$52,868
  Per capita money income, 1999 $18,929$25,614


  Business QuickFacts Dorchester County Maryland
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 724127,431
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 9,5721,988,950
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 -6.8%9.8%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 2,055307,535
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 867,15336,505,948
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 285,88346,428,206
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,567$9,116
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 10930,358
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 216,63148,163,883
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,085171,635


  Geography QuickFacts Dorchester County Maryland
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 5589,774
  Persons per square mile, 2000 55.0541.9
  Metropolitan Area None 
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