|
|
People
Facts |
Rockville |
Maryland |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
55,213 |
5,508,909 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
16.5% |
4.0% |
|
Population, 2000
|
47,388 |
5,296,486 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
4.9% |
10.8% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
6.3% |
6.7% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
23.4% |
25.6% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
13.1% |
11.3% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
51.2% |
51.7% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
67.8% |
64.0% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
9.1% |
27.9% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.3% |
0.3% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
14.8% |
4.0% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
4.8% |
1.8% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
3.1% |
2.0% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
11.7% |
4.3% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
51.1% |
55.7% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
31.0% |
9.8% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
36.9% |
12.6% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
89.1% |
83.8% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
52.9% |
31.4% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
30.4 |
31.2 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
17,786 |
2,145,283 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
67.7% |
67.7% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$198,700 |
$146,000 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
17,247 |
1,980,859 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.65 |
2.61 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$68,074 |
$52,868 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$30,518 |
$25,614 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
7.8% |
8.5% |
