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People QuickFacts |
Gaithersburg |
Maryland |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
57,934 | 5,615,727 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
10.4% | 6.0% |
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Population, 2000 |
52,613 | 5,296,486 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
8.2% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.0% | 25.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
8.2% | 11.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.3% | 51.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
58.2% | 64.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
14.6% | 27.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
13.8% | 4.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.4% | 2.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
19.8% | 4.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
42.0% | 55.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
34.3% | 9.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
41.0% | 12.6% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
85.6% | 83.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
46.5% | 31.4% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
31.3 | 31.2 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
20,674 | 2,145,283 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
52.6% | 67.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$171,100 | $146,000 |
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Households, 2000 |
19,621 | 1,980,859 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.65 | 2.61 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$59,879 | $52,868 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$27,323 | $25,614 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
7.1% | 8.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Gaithersburg |
Maryland |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
472,167 | 60,679,602 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,816,601 | 60,039,971 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$32,482 | $11,032 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
184,920 | 7,832,268 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
5,972 | 443,540 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
9.6% | 15.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 0.8% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
15.4% | 5.9% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
12.6% | 3.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.9% | 31.0% |
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