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  People QuickFacts Wicomico County Maryland
  Population, 2001 estimate 85,4265,375,156
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.9%1.5%
  Population, 2000 84,6445,296,486
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 13.9%10.8%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 54.0%55.7%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.7%83.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 21.9%31.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 20.931.2
  Housing units, 2000 34,4012,145,283
  Homeownership rate, 2000 66.5%67.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 16.3%25.8%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $94,500$146,000
  Households, 2000 32,2181,980,859
  Persons per household, 2000 2.532.61
  Median household money income, 1999 $39,035$52,868
  Per capita money income, 1999 $19,171$25,614


  Business QuickFacts Wicomico County Maryland
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 2,515127,431
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 35,7741,988,950
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 13.9%9.8%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 4,549307,535
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,041,56536,505,948
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 994,14546,428,206
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $12,567$9,116
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 48030,358
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 384,78148,163,883
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 2,635171,635


  Geography QuickFacts Wicomico County Maryland
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 3779,774
  Persons per square mile, 2000 224.4541.9
  Metropolitan Area None 
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