Frederick County, Maryland Demographics

Frederick County is 46th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Frederick County is 1st in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Size in square miles

Frederick County is 3rd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Frederick County is 3rd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Frederick County is 3rd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Frederick County is 4th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Frederick County is 5th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Foreign born residents

Frederick County is 5th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Race - Asian

Frederick County is 5th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Frederick County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Frederick County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Current population (2012)	239,582	8th	5,884,563	313,914,040
Size in square miles	660.2	1st	9,707.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	353.5	10th	594.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	9th	6.2%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	5th	22.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	18th	13.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.5%	3rd	88.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.6%	3rd	36.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Race - White	83.7%	7th	60.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.1%	19th	30.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	15th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.2%	5th	6.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	10th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	9th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3rd	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.0%	13th	53.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Female residents	50.7%	15th	51.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.2%	5th	13.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Housing units	91,258	8th	2,391,350	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.6%	11th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	85,048	8th	2,128,377	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.9%	8th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$335,600	9th	$319,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	12th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,004	4th	15,217	829,658

Income Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Income per capita	$36,343	8th	$35,751	$27,915
Income per household	$82,668	8th	$72,419	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.4%	22nd	9.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Frederick County	Rank	Maryland	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,730	7th	133,248	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	79,271	7th	2,104,022	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,430	7th	528,112	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,066,281	8th	$75,664,186	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,629	12th	$13,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$356,482	9th	$10,758,428	$613,795,732