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Population, Household and Employment Forecast The following statistics provide comparative information about the City of Rockville based on the 1990 and 2000 Census data. | | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 Census
Update** | | Total Population | 44,835 | 47,388 | 53,710 | Population < 18 | 10,379 | 11,081 | 12,192 | Population 65 + | 4,687 | 6,215 | 6,553 | Population 19-64 | 29,769 | 30,092 | 34,965 | | | | | Median Age | 34.6 | 37.8 | 38.1 | | | | | Total households | 15,660 | 17,247 | 21,895 | | | | | Per Capita Income | $21,484 | $30,518 | N/A | | | | | Median Household Income | $52,073 | $68,074 | $82,640 | | | | | High School/College Graduate | 26,250 | 29,601 | 34,618 | | | | | Unemployment Rate | 3.0% | 2.1% | N/A | | | | | White | 35,491 | 33,262 | 36,093 | Black/African American | 3,699 | 4,675 | 3,008 | American Indian/Alaska Native | 119 | 403 | N/A | Asian/Pacific Islander | 4,394 | 7,688 | 10,688 | Hispanic * | 3,863 | 5,529 | 7,573 | Other | 1,132 | 2,946 | 3,867 | | | | | Note: Population figures beginning 2000 may add to more than the total population because individuals were able to report more than one race. *Hispanic is of any race.
**Source: 2005 Census Update Survey; Research & Technology Center, Montgomery County Planning Department, M-NCPPC June 2006. |
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Census 2000 | 
| Racial diversity continues to expand in the City of Rockville as the population growth in the County's minority groups exceeded the change in total population between 1990 and 2000. Between those years the total population saw an increase of 2,553. The minority population grew from 8,803 (20%) in 1990 to 15,268 (32%) in 2000. The Hispanic and Latino population (which can be of any race) grew from 3,668 (8%) in 1990 to 5,529 (12%) in 2000.
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Census 1990 |  | | | Year | Population | 1860 | 365 | 1870 | 660 | 1880 | 688 | 1890 | 1,568 | 1900 | 1,110 | 1910 | 1,181 | 1920 | 1,145 | 1930 | 1,422 | 1940 | 2,047 | 1950 | 6,934 | 1960 | 26,090 | 1970 | 42,739 | 1980 | 43,811 | 1990 | 44,835 | 2000 | 47,388 | 2003 | 52,375 |
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Montgomery County remains the most populous jurisdiction in the State of Maryland, and it is the second largest jurisdiction in the Washington metro region (Fairfax County, VA is first). Montgomery County's growth of 116,314, accounts for one quarter of the State's population change during the period of 1990 to 2000. Growth in Montgomery County outranked the growth at the national and State level. While the County grew by 15.4 percent between 1990 and 2000, the nation's population grew by 13.2 percent and the State by 10.8 percent. | 
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Montgomery County grew to 873,341, a 15.4 percent increase over 1990's population. The City of Rockville grew to 47,388, a growth of 5.7 percent from 1990 population. |  |
The 1990 Census differed from the one done in 2000 in that the most recent census included many more racial categories that could be selected (More information on the racial categories can be obtained at www.census.gov). For the first time, recipients could specify that they were of two or more races. In 2000, 1,481 persons report themselves as being of multiple races; this was 3 percent of the City's total population.
Additional Census data can be obtained by reviewing the summary tables at www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/tables/redist_md.html. More information is available at www.census.gov/population/www/censusdatat/c2kproducts.html. |
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