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Wicomico County, MD

104,800 Population
374.4 square miles 279.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,706 ±$2,033 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$73,834 ±$5,929 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.1% ±4.5% (17,186  ±4,520) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,083,060  ±44,460) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

39,679 ±1,394 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (100,542  ±115) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.1% ±3.4% (1,614  ±905) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

44,366 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$257,300 ±$14,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.3% ±3% (12,791  ±3,153) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.2% ±5.9% (61,657  ±4,131.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.5% ±3.3% (17,926  ±2,243) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.4% (10,891  ±3,329) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.8% ±1.6% (5,625  ±1,286) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,625 Total veterans ±1,286 5,031 Male ±1,223 594 Female ±546

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