St. Mary's County vs. Dorchester County

	St. Mary's County (MD)	Dorchester County (MD)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	113,510	31,998
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	8.0%	-1.9%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	105,144	32,623
Persons under 5 years, percent	6.3%	5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent	23.9%	21.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	13.4%	21.6%
Female persons, percent	50.0%	52.5%
White alone, percent	78.1%	66.9%
Black or African American alone, percent	14.9%	29.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	0.5%	0.5%
Asian alone, percent	2.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.1%	0.1%
Two or More Races, percent	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	5.6%	5.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	73.5%	62.6%
Veterans, 2014-2018	10,286	2,214
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	4.8%	3.4%
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	70.8%	67.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$295,000	$179,300
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$1,946	$1,389
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$565	$525
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$1,362	$896
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	13.0%	16.8%
Households, 2014-2018	40,332	13,264
Persons per household, 2014-2018	2.69	2.39
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	85.6%	86.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	7.3%	5.9%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	90.2%	83.0%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	81.7%	73.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	89.8%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	31.5%	20.8%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	9.2%	12.3%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	5.5%	7.3%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	65.2%	63.0%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	60.2%	61.0%
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)	379,894	158,064
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)	189,533	234,223
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	1,226,984	288,746
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$11,258	$8,871
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	30.9	27.0
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$90,438	$52,145
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$39,254	$30,135
Persons in poverty, percent	8.0%	15.4%
All firms, 2012	7,357	2,803
Men-owned firms, 2012	3,323	1,549
Women-owned firms, 2012	2,941	874
Minority-owned firms, 2012	1,256	504
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	5,780	2,180
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	598	344
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	6,193	2,323
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.6%	0.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	1.1%	0.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	37.4%	30.5%

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between St. Mary's county (MD) and Dorchester county (MD) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.