Greater Beltway Coalition of Prince George's County Update

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Welcome from the Organizing Committee for a New NAACP in Prince George's County

Headline Articles

January 15, 2009 at 7:00pm
Dr. Martin Luther King Awards Dinner and Celebration

June 18, 2008 at 7:00pm
Greater Beltway NAACP Gathering WOW Wingery in Bowie

Tuesday May 13, 2008 at 6:30pm
Town Hall Meeting - A Closer Look at Civil Rights Organizations in the County - How can we be more effective?

May 1, 2008 at 6:30pm
National Harbor - Minority Community and Business Empowerment Forum

Demographics of Prince George's County


People QuickFacts

Prince George 's County

Prince George 's County

Maryland

 

Population in 2006 (estimate)

841,315

5,615,727

 

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006

5.1%

6.0%

 

Population in 2000

801,515

5,296,486

 

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005

26.8%

25.1%

 

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005

8.4%

11.5%

 

Female persons, percent, 2005

51.9%

51.6%

 

 

White persons, percent, 2005 (a)

27.7%

64.0%

 

Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)

66.1%

29.3%

 

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)

0.4%

0.3%

 

Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)

3.9%

4.8%

 

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)

0.1%

0.1%

 

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005

1.8%

1.5%

 

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)

10.7%

5.7%

 

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005

19.0%

59.2%

 

 

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over

52.7%

55.7%

 

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

13.8%

9.8%

 

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

15.9%

12.6%

 

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

84.9%

83.8%

 

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

27.2%

31.4%

 

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

129,832

854,345

 

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

35.9

31.2

 

 

Housing units, 2005

314,221

2,273,793

 

Homeownership rate, 2000

61.8%

67.7%

 

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

34.2%

25.8%

 

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$145,600

$146,000

 

 

Households, 2000

286,610

1,980,859

 

Persons per household, 2000

2.74

2.61

 

Median household income, 2004

$55,129

$57,019

 

Per capita money income, 1999

$23,360

$25,614

 

Persons below poverty, percent, 2004

9.3%

9.2%

 

Total number of firms, 2002

 

59,400

443,540

 

Black-owned firms, percent, 2002

 

47.8%

15.6%

 

American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002

 

1.4%

0.8%

 

Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002

 

6.4%

5.9%

 

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002

 

F

0.0%

 

Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002

 

5.6%

3.5%

 

Women-owned firms, percent, 2002

 

34.1%

31.0%

 

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