|
Demographic Profile by Race and Ethnicity,
1997
| |
Race
|
|
Total
County
|
White
|
Black
|
Asian
or Pac. Islander
|
Hispanic
Origin
|
| Population |
| Household
Population |
823,500
|
601,155
|
110,100
|
89,505
|
70,720
|
| %
of Total Population |
100%
|
73.0%
|
13.4%
|
10.9%
|
8.6%
|
| %
Female |
53.2%
|
52.6%
|
55.5%
|
53.4%
|
53.2%
|
| Age
Distribution |
| %
0-4 |
7.1%
|
6.8%
|
7.3%
|
7.4%
|
9.4%
|
| %
5-17 |
18.4%
|
17.1%
|
23.9%
|
19.7%
|
24.2%
|
| %
18-29 |
13.1%
|
11.9%
|
18.0%
|
15.1%
|
16.7%
|
| %
30-44 |
26.9%
|
26.2%
|
28.0%
|
28.8%
|
28.4%
|
| %
45-64 |
23.0%
|
24.4%
|
17.2%
|
22.5%
|
16.9%
|
| %
65-74 |
6.5%
|
7.3%
|
3.5%
|
4.6%
|
3.1%
|
| %
Over 74 |
5.1%
|
6.3%
|
2.0%
|
1.9%
|
1.4%
|
| Average
Age |
36.0
|
37.6
|
30.5
|
33.1
|
29.3
|
|
|
| %
Hispanic Origin** |
8.6%
|
8.8%
|
2.3%
|
*
|
100.0%
|
|
|
| Education
Attainment: Persons 25 Years and older |
| Total |
559,835
|
422,285
|
65,475
|
57,625
|
40,405
|
| %
< H.S. Diploma |
8.4%
|
7.4%
|
11.8%
|
9.3%
|
21.1%
|
| %
H.S. Graduate |
27.9%
|
27.5%
|
36.7%
|
19.6%
|
35.2%
|
| %
Assoc/Trade Sch |
4.5%
|
4.2%
|
7.5%
|
3.4%
|
4.6%
|
| %Bachelor's
Deg |
28.6%
|
29.2%
|
23.9%
|
31.9%
|
17.9%
|
| %
Grad/Prof/PhD |
30.6%
|
31.7%
|
20.2%
|
35.7%
|
21.2%
|
|
|
| Labor
Force |
| No.
Emp Residents*** |
464,115
|
340,170
|
62,335
|
49,565
|
38,325
|
| %
Female Emp *** |
67.4%
|
66.1%
|
77.5%
|
64.5%
|
71.8%
|
| Women/Children
< 6 |
61,205
|
41,480
|
9,280
|
8,120
|
6,595
|
| %
Employed *** |
68.1%
|
68.6%
|
78.1%
|
56.7%
|
66.1%
|
|
|
| Employer: |
| %
Private for Profit |
49.7%
|
49.2%
|
50.5%
|
52.5%
|
48.5%
|
| %
Private not for Prof |
13.2%
|
12.9%
|
13.3%
|
15.7%
|
17.6%
|
| %
Self-Employed |
11.3%
|
11.9%
|
6.4%
|
10.4%
|
15.0%
|
| %
Government |
25.8%
|
26.0%
|
29.2%
|
21.3%
|
18.9%
|
|
|
| Work
Location: |
| %
In the County |
57.9%
|
58.8%
|
53.0%
|
56.4%
|
58.1%
|
| %
Inside Beltway |
18.4%
|
18.1%
|
20.2%
|
18.3%
|
22.1%
|
| %
Outside Beltway |
39.5%
|
40.7%
|
32.8%
|
38.1%
|
36.0%
|
| %
Elsewhere MD |
9.2%
|
9.1%
|
9.3%
|
9.6%
|
6.3%
|
| %
to D.C. |
23.6%
|
22.7%
|
28.7%
|
23.5%
|
28.7%
|
| %
to Virginia |
8.0%
|
8.2%
|
7.2%
|
8.3%
|
5.5%
|
|
|
| Work
Trip: |
| %
Driving |
81.6%
|
82.5%
|
76.7%
|
82.0%
|
79.3%
|
| %
Alone |
72.5%
|
73.6%
|
67.6%
|
71.4%
|
66.0%
|
| %
Carpool |
9.1%
|
9.0%
|
9.1%
|
10.6%
|
13.3%
|
| %
Public Trans |
13.2%
|
12.1%
|
19.2%
|
13.1%
|
16.4%
|
| %
Walk/Bike/Other |
1.9%
|
1.8%
|
2.3%
|
q1.6%
|
2.1%
|
| %
Working at Home |
3.3%
|
3.5%
|
1.9%
|
3.3%
|
2.2%
|
|
|
| Access
to Metrorail: |
| %
Car |
53.2%
|
55.2%
|
34.6%
|
59.8%
|
64.5%
|
| %
Ride-On/bus |
17.1%
|
13.3%
|
35.5%
|
24.4%
|
18.1%
|
|
% Walk/Bicycle
|
29.7%
|
31.5%
|
29.9%
|
15.8%
|
17.4%
|
| |
Race
|
|
Total
County
|
White
|
Black
|
Asian
or Pac. Islander
|
Hispanic
Origin
|
| Housing |
| HHs
by Race of HH Head |
823,500
|
601,155
|
110,100
|
89,505
|
70,720
|
| %
Total Housholds |
100%
|
73.0%
|
13.4%
|
10.9%
|
8.6%
|
| Avg
Household Size |
53.2%
|
52.6%
|
55.5%
|
53.4%
|
53.2%
|
| |
| Tenure: |
| %
Rental |
28.8%
|
23.1%
|
56.8%
|
34.0%
|
41.4%
|
|
|
| Average
Monthly Housing Costs: |
| Homeowners |
$1,244
|
$1,230
|
$1,172
|
$1,508
|
$1,268
|
| Renters |
$804
|
$827
|
$744
|
$818
|
$744
|
| %
in Same Home 5 Yrs |
56.1%
|
61.0%
|
36.7%
|
44.8%
|
46.0%
|
| Median
Yrs Same Home |
6
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
| Avg
Age of HH Head |
49.1
|
50.5
|
43.6
|
45.8
|
43.5
|
| %
HHs with Foreign Born Head or Spouse |
26.2%
|
17.8%
|
28.8%
|
89.6%
|
77.5%
|
| |
| Households
by Type: |
| %
Family HHs |
74.9%
|
73.0%
|
76.8%
|
88.5%
|
88.4%
|
| %
Married-Couple |
63.6%
|
64.2%
|
50.1%
|
78.2%
|
73.0%
|
| %
Single-Parent |
9.5%
|
7.4%
|
23.7%
|
6.9%
|
12.8%
|
| %
Nonfamily HHs |
25.1%
|
27.0%
|
23.2%
|
11.5%
|
11.6%
|
| %
one-person HH |
22.3%
|
24.0%
|
20.1%
|
10.0%
|
10.4%
|
|
|
| Persons
in Households: |
| %
1 Person |
22.3%
|
24.0%
|
20.1%
|
10.0%
|
10.4%
|
| %
2 Persons |
33.6%
|
35.3%
|
29.6%
|
23.1%
|
20.3%
|
| %
3 Persons |
17.3%
|
16.3%
|
20.8%
|
24.2%
|
21.9%
|
| %
4 Persons |
16.1%
|
15.1%
|
16.1%
|
25.2%
|
23.3%
|
| %
5+ Persons |
10.8%
|
9.3%
|
13.5%
|
17.5%
|
24.1%
|
|
|
| Avg
Number of Cars |
1.8
|
1.8
|
1.5
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
| %HHs
with Computers |
67.6%
|
68.1%
|
57.6%
|
78.3%
|
65.0%
|
| %
with Internet Connection |
63.2%
|
64.2%
|
55.0%
|
64.0%
|
64.7%
|
|
|
| Income: |
| |
| 1996
HH Income |
| %
Under $15,000 |
4.1%
|
3.6%
|
6.7%
|
4.5%
|
6.2%
|
| %
$15,000 to $29,999 |
9.9%
|
8.6%
|
14.2%
|
12.1%
|
20.6%
|
| %
$30,000 to $49,999 |
20.0%
|
18.3%
|
28.7%
|
19.6%
|
26.7%
|
| %
$50,000 to $69,999 |
19.1%
|
19.1%
|
20.5%
|
17.3%
|
17.2%
|
| %
$70,000 to $99,999 |
19.5%
|
20.4%
|
15.6%
|
20.3%
|
15.4%
|
| %
$100,000+ |
27.4%
|
30.0%
|
14.4%
|
26.2%
|
14.0%
|
| 1996
Median HH Income |
$66,085
|
$70,515
|
$50,325
|
$65,630
|
$47,310
|
| |
| %
of HHs Spending > 25% of Income on Housing Costs: |
| %
Homeowners |
21.1%
|
18.8%
|
25.5%
|
33.4%
|
42.8%
|
| %
Renters |
39.7%
|
36.0%
|
41.3%
|
52.9%
|
51.4%
|
|
|
* Insufficient data for reliable estimates.
**Those of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
***Ages 16 and older and employed full- or part-time. |
| HH
= Households |
|
Source:
Census Update Survey, Research & Technology Center,
MNCPPC, June 2000
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