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| People Quick Facts |
Cecil County |
Maryland |
| Population, 2004 estimate |
95,526 |
5,558,058 |
| Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2004 |
11.1% |
4.9% |
| Population, 2000 |
85,951 |
5,296,486 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
20.5% |
10.8% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.9% |
6.7% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
27.7% |
25.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
10.5% |
11.3% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.4% |
51.7% |
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| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
93.4% |
64.0% |
| Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.9% |
27.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% |
4.0% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
Z |
| Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% |
1.8% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.2% |
2.0% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.5% |
4.3% |
| White persons, not ofHispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
92.5% |
62.1% |
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| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
55.9% |
55.7% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.8% |
9.8% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.1% |
12.6% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
81.2% |
83.8% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.4% |
31.4% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
14,486 |
854,345 |
| Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
28.2 |
31.2 |
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| Housing units, 2002 |
36,074 |
2,197,126 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
75.0% |
67.7% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
12.9% |
25.8% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$132,300 |
$146,000 |
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| Households, 2000 |
31,223 |
1,980,859 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.71 |
2.61 |
| Median household money income, 1999 |
$50,510 |
$52,868 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,384 |
$25,614 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
7.2% |
8.5% |
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| Business Quick Facts |
Cecil County |
Maryland |
| Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
1,617 |
127,431 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
18,597 |
1,988,950 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
11.6% |
9.8% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
4,127 |
307,535 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
678,271 |
36,505,948 |
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
613,373 |
46,428,206 |
| Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$7,599 |
$9,116 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
4.5% |
20.6% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
25.4% |
28.9% |
| Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
768 |
30,358 |
| Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
390,336 |
48,163,883 |
| Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
2,663 |
171,635 |
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| Geography Quick Facts |
Cecil County |
Maryland |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
348 |
9,774 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
246.9 |
541.9 |
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| (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. |
| (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. |
| FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data |
| NA: Not available |
| D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information |
| X: Not applicable |
| S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards |
| Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown |
| F: Fewer than 100 firms |
| Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts |
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