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  People QuickFacts Howard County Maryland
  Population, 2001 estimate 255,7075,375,156
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.2%1.5%
  Population, 2000 247,8425,296,486
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 32.3%10.8%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 51.9%55.7%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 93.1%83.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 52.9%31.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 30.231.2
  Housing units, 2000 92,8182,145,283
  Homeownership rate, 2000 73.8%67.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 23.3%25.8%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $206,300$146,000
  Households, 2000 90,0431,980,859
  Persons per household, 2000 2.712.61
  Median household money income, 1999 $74,167$52,868
  Per capita money income, 1999 $32,402$25,614


  Business QuickFacts Howard County Maryland
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 7,171127,431
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 133,6471,988,950
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 48.0%9.8%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 16,435307,535
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,177,34536,505,948
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,010,75546,428,206
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,783$9,116
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 2,18230,358
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 909,26748,163,883
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 7,686171,635


  Geography QuickFacts Howard County Maryland
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2529,774
  Persons per square mile, 2000 983.3541.9
  Metropolitan Area Baltimore, MD PMSA 
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