St. Mary's County vs. Northumberland County

	St. Mary's County (MD)	Northumberland County (VA)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	113,510	12,147
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	8.0%	-1.5%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	105,144	12,331
Persons under 5 years, percent	6.3%	3.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent	23.9%	14.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	13.4%	36.7%
Female persons, percent	50.0%	51.0%
White alone, percent	78.1%	72.3%
Black or African American alone, percent	14.9%	25.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	0.5%	0.2%
Asian alone, percent	2.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.1%	0.1%
Two or More Races, percent	3.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	5.6%	3.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	73.5%	69.1%
Veterans, 2014-2018	10,286	1,356
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	4.8%	1.7%
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	70.8%	85.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$295,000	$285,900
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$1,946	$1,473
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$565	$428
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$1,362	$820
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	13.0%	1.7%
Households, 2014-2018	40,332	5,686
Persons per household, 2014-2018	2.69	2.15
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	85.6%	89.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	7.3%	3.4%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	90.2%	84.3%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	81.7%	73.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	89.8%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	31.5%	28.5%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	9.2%	7.6%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	5.5%	12.6%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	65.2%	48.2%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	60.2%	44.1%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	166,600	5,721
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)	379,894	3,059
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)	189,533	31,420
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	1,226,984	85,311
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$11,258	$6,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	30.9	30.1
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$90,438	$58,677
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$39,254	$34,006
Persons in poverty, percent	8.0%	14.8%
All firms, 2012	7,357	1,470
Men-owned firms, 2012	3,323	934
Women-owned firms, 2012	2,941	414
Minority-owned firms, 2012	1,256	208
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	5,780	1,233
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	598	149
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	6,193	1,250
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%	0.0%

Source: United States Census Bureau

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