Harford County, Maryland Demographics

Harford County is 4th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Home ownership rate

Harford County is 4th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Harford County is 6th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Harford County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Current population (2012)

Harford County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Households

Harford County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Housing units

Harford County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Harford County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Retail sales

Harford County is 8th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Harford County is 8th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Current population (2012)	248,622	7th	5,884,563	313,914,040
Size in square miles	437.1	11th	9,707.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	560.1	7th	594.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	15th	6.2%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	8th	22.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	14th	13.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.3%	4th	88.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.9%	8th	36.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Race - White	81.4%	13th	60.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.1%	17th	30.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	17th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.8%	9th	6.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	11th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	15th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.4%	10th	53.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Female residents	51.0%	12th	51.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	11th	13.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Housing units	96,024	7th	2,391,350	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.1%	12th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	89,260	7th	2,128,377	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.5%	4th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$295,900	12th	$319,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	10th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	751	6th	15,217	829,658

Income Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Income per capita	$34,659	11th	$35,751	$27,915
Income per household	$79,953	10th	$72,419	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.5%	16th	9.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Harford County	Rank	Maryland	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,303	8th	133,248	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	65,877	8th	2,104,022	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	20,260	8th	528,112	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,380,253	7th	$75,664,186	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,066	11th	$13,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$361,855	8th	$10,758,428	$613,795,732