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  People QuickFacts Worcester County Maryland
  Population, 2001 estimate 48,0845,375,156
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.3%1.5%
  Population, 2000 46,5435,296,486
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 32.9%10.8%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 55.3%55.7%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.7%83.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 21.6%31.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 23.331.2
  Housing units, 2000 47,3602,145,283
  Homeownership rate, 2000 75.0%67.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 47.5%25.8%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $121,500$146,000
  Households, 2000 19,6941,980,859
  Persons per household, 2000 2.332.61
  Median household money income, 1999 $40,650$52,868
  Per capita money income, 1999 $22,505$25,614


  Business QuickFacts Worcester County Maryland
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 2,137127,431
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 17,4021,988,950
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 21.3%9.8%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 4,011307,535
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 275,39736,505,948
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 545,99546,428,206
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $12,958$9,116
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 81030,358
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 364,09648,163,883
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 2,017171,635


  Geography QuickFacts Worcester County Maryland
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 4739,774
  Persons per square mile, 2000 98.4541.9
  Metropolitan Area None 
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