Frederick County by the numbers

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Frederick County by the numbers

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and Area: 663 square miles
* Population (2006): 222,938
* Persons per square mile (2005): 332.9
* By race (2005): white, 184,095; black, 14,928; American Indian and Alaska Native, 768; Asian, 6,026; other, 4,994; more than one race, 4,296
* Veterans (2005): 17,213
* Married (2005): 98,356
* Divorced (2005): 13,885
* Living in same house (2005): 54,610
* Percent of high school graduates, age 25+ (2005): 90.1
* Percent of bachelor’s degree or higher, age 25+ (2005): 33.7
* Persons with disability, age 5+ (2005): 24,944
* Average travel time to work, age 16+ (2005): 32.9 min.
* Take public transportation to work, age 16+ (2005): 2,560
* Drive alone to work, age 16+ (2005): 91,462
* Carpooled to work, 16+ (2005): 13,806
* Walked to work, age 16+ (2005): 2,728
* Worked at home, age 16+ (2005): 4,228
* Housing units (2005): 83,173
* Homeownership (2005): 79,473
* Housing units in multi-unit structures (2005): 15,321
* Median value of owner-occupied housing units (2005): 336,100
* Housing units authorized by building permits (2002): 1,578
* Person per household (2005): 2.72
* Median household income (2005): 73, 149
* Per capita income (2005): 33,289
* Income less than $10, 000 (2005): 2,600
* Income of $10,000-$14,999 (2005): 2,386
* Income of $15,000-$24,999 (2005): 4, 815
* Income of $75,000-$99,999 (2005): 14, 158
* Income of $100,000-$149,000 (2005): 15, 736
* Income of $150, 000-$199,999 (2005): 4,961
* Income of $200,000+ (2005): 4,162
* Private non-farm establishments with paid employees (2002): 5,075
* Private non-farm employment (2002): 74, 219
* Retail sales (1997): $1.839 billion
* Retail sales per capita (2005): 12,641
* Minority-owned firms (1997): 6.6 percent
* Women-owned firms (1997): 27.6 percent
Source: U.S. Census Bureau