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Kensington, Maryland QuickFacts

	Kensington, Maryland	United States
Total population	1,873	281,421,906
State	Maryland
City	kensington

Kensington, Maryland Population

	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
Male	879	46.93%	49.06%
Female	994	53.07%	50.94%
Median age (years)	41.7		35.3

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	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
18 years and over	1,433	76.51%	74.31%
21 years and over	1,393	74.37%	69.97%
62 years and over	418	22.32%	14.66%
65 years and over	379	20.23%	12.43%

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	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
White	1,685	89.96%	75.14%
Black or African American	47	2.51%	12.32%
Asian	55	2.94%	3.64%
Some other race	39	2.08%	5.46%
Two or more races	47	2.51%	2.43%

Kensington, Maryland Housing

	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
Total households	729		105,480,101
Family households (families)	467	64.06%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	262	35.94%	31.94%

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	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
Total housing units	768		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	39	5.08%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	729	94.92%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	486	63.28%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	243	31.64%	30.77%

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	Kensington, Maryland	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	0	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	0	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	12	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	108	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	132	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	161	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	43	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	278,600	119,600

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	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	121	16.6%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	174	23.87%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	122	16.74%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	123	16.87%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	70	9.6%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	119	16.32%	9.65%

Kensington, Maryland Education

	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	439		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	68	15.49%	6.47%
Kindergarten	18	4.1%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	216	49.2%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	84	19.13%	21.38%
College or graduate school	53	12.07%	22.81%

Kensington, Maryland Economy

	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,475		217,168,077
In labor force	935	63.39%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	930	63.05%	63.39%
- - Employed	904	61.29%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	26	1.76%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	2.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	5	0.34%	0.53%
Not in labor force	540	36.61%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	820	55.59%	51.66%
In labor force	460	31.19%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	460	31.19%	29.65%
- - Employed	446	30.24%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	152	10.31%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	108		12,787,501

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	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	729		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	30	4.12%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	24	3.29%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	32	4.39%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	63	8.64%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	104	14.27%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	104	14.27%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	93	12.76%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	159	21.81%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	81	11.11%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	39	5.35%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	76,716		41,994

	Kensington, Maryland	%, Kensington, Maryland	United States
With earnings	560	37.97%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	92,190		56,604
With Social Security income	193	13.08%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,010		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	24	1.63%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	10,621		6,320
With public assistance income	3	0.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,000		3,032
With retirement income	166	11.25%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	32,970		17,376

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