County · Maryland

Dorchester County, Maryland

Dorchester County, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,340 of 3,143 US counties. Within Maryland it ranks #23 of 24 counties. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), public EV charging ports (high) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), primary care shortage (high) and reading scores (low).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,340 of 3,143 counties
Maryland: #23 of 24 in MD
Population: 33,628 (2025)
Land area: 541 mi²
Density: 62.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 24019

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety26#2,276/3,096
Economy39#1,902/3,143
Housing7#2,929/3,140
Health37#1,988/3,144
Healthcare60#1,253/3,143
Environment51#1,537/3,108
Education15#2,666/3,144
Infrastructure28#2,251/3,144
Community37#1,989/3,144
Leisure & amenities42#1,826/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dorchester County, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Suicide rate · low11.4 /100k
96/100Maryland 10.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Public EV charging ports · high13.7 /10k
92/100Maryland 9.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Firearm deaths · low10.0 /100k
89/100Maryland 9.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Preventable hospital stays · low1,726 /100k
88/100Maryland 2,655 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Depression · low21.6%
80/100Maryland 19.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
79/100Maryland 0.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high34.6%
5/100Maryland 30.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Primary care shortage · high19.0
7/100Maryland 7.1United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Reading scores · low2.58
7/100Maryland 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Property crime rate · high1,931 /100k
9/100Maryland 1,820 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Job growth · low-3.3%
13/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Rent-burdened households · high56.0%
14/100Maryland 51.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 64% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+64 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
64.4 /100k (2021) → 17.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−73%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
10.9 /100k (2021) → 3.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
1.2 /10k (2020) → 0.6 /10k (2025)
−52%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
25.1% (Dec 2021) → 35.3% (Aug 2026)
+10 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Firearm deathsImproving
18.3 /100k (2021) → 10.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−45%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Dorchester County, Maryland improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Household income+34%$48,709 → $65,476
Overdose deaths−65%49.2 /100k → 17.1 /100k
Unemployment−2.1 points6.5% → 4.4%
Broadband+8.7 points77.1% → 85.8%
Weekly wage+22%$870 → $1,060

Declined1

Price / income+0.8×3.5× → 4.2×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Dorchester County, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.6 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−9.7%	Within the margin of error	21%
Average commute time	27.6 min2015-2019	26.9 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Average weekly wage	$8702020	$1,0602025	+22%	Improved	36%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Broadband subscriptions	77.1%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	39%
Child poverty rate	24.2%2019	23.6%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Distance to an airport	55 mi2020	55 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	49.2 /100k2020	17.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−65%	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	0.99%2015-2019	0.84%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	63%
Firearm deaths	9.0 /100k2020	10.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	32%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	16%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−52%	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	87.9%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	18%
Homicide rate	4.9 /100k2020	3.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Within the margin of error	51%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,2042019	$64,6252024	+29%	Improved	30%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4712015-2019	0.4702020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$48,7092019	$65,4762024	+34%	Improved	89%
New business applications	10.5 /1k2020	13.4 /1k2025	+27%	Improved	29%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	16.4%2019	14.1%2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Property crime rate	2,432 /100k2020	1,931 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	27%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−4%	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent as share of income	32.0%2015-2019	34.6%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent-burdened households	55.3%2015-2019	56.0%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	7.1 /10k2025	−7.2%	Within the margin of error	31%
Students per teacher	12.8×2019	13.1×2024	+0.3×	Little change	18%
Suicide rate	10.7 /100k2020	11.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.5%	Within the margin of error	42%
Traffic deaths	15.6 /100k2015-2019	14.6 /100k2020-2024	−6%	Within the margin of error	63%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	4.4%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.1%2019	8.1%2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	9%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2247 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Dorchester County, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dorchester County, Maryland in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Dorchester County, Maryland itself moved −4.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

32,754 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−2.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

32,754 residents

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

White61%19,895
Black25%8,115
Hispanic or Latino6.1%1,996

Education

23,451 residents (±136)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma14%3,224
High school or GED39%9,252
Some college20%4,696

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

13,546 households (±385)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k20%2,737
$25k–50k21%2,824
$50k–75k17%2,362
$75k–100k12%1,621
$100k–150k14%1,894
$150k–200k8.9%1,204
$200k or more6.7%904

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+6.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

13,546 households (±385)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

Own66%8,882
Rent34%4,664

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

4,262 households (±474)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $75022%935
$750–1,00026%1,108
$1,000–1,50031%1,327

Home values

8,882 homes (±364)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k22%1,931
$150k–250k25%2,225
$250k–400k32%2,819

Age of homes

16,433 homes (±30)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later5.2%850
2000–200918%2,884
1980–199921%3,388

Size of homes

16,433 homes (±30)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio1.3%†220
1 bedroom8.3%1,365
2 bedrooms27%4,464

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

14,562 workers (±615)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone79%11,463
Carpool10%1,507
Public transit0.0%†3
Walk1.9%†277
Bike0.4%†58
Work from home7.3%1,058
Other1.3%†196

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+3.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

13,504 workers (±667)

Dorchester County, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min35%4,727
15–29 min29%3,849
30–44 min19%2,608

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cambridge, MD

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Dorchester County has 687 employer establishments, 208 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Maryland's), with 9,537 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,203. The Census Bureau also counts 3,033 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 687; 3,033 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 208; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 9,537
Average annual pay: $51,203; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Dorchester County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	49	14.9	0.81×About typical	848	$21,004	10
Specialty trade contractors	49	14.9	0.96×About typical	287	$56,899	236
Ambulatory health care services	41	12.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	534	$63,893	140
Lessors of real estate	33	10	0.81×About typical	110	$36,427	216
Religious organizations	25	7.6	1.37×More than typical	71	$20,493	—
Building equipment contractors	24	7.3	1.21×About typical	182	$60,681	50
Truck transportation	24	7.3	1.44×More than typical	142	$59,063	101
Limited-service restaurants	23	7	0.87×About typical	370	$18,238	4
Construction of buildings	22	6.7	0.88×About typical	230	$113,439	97
Full-service restaurants	21	6.4	0.83×About typical	378	$22,701	5
Automotive repair and maintenance	19	5.8	1.14×About typical	116	$56,250	63
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	5.5	0.81×About typical	58	$24,052	289

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,981 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $131.1M on contracts performed in Dorchester County, Maryland: $3,898 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $131.1M; +12,158% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,898; US $2,007
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$114.7M88%
Department of Veterans Affairs$15.3M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $252.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Dorchester County, Maryland: $7,512 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $252.6M; −2.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,512; US $12,975
Loan face value: $14.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$161.5M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$20.7M8.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$16.9M6.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11.6M4.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$11.4M4.5%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.9M1.5%
11.417 · Sea Grant Support$3.8M1.5%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$2.7M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE$9.7M3.8%
CAMBRIDGE, MD
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$8M3.2%
BALTIMORE, MD
BRADFORD HOUSING ASSOCIATES LLC$1M0.4%
CAMBRIDGE, MD
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE$998.7K0.4%
CAMBRIDGE, MD
CARLTON COURTS

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$205.2M81%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$19.5M7.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$8.2M3.2%
Department of Transportation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$5.7M2.2%
Department of Commerce
Farm Service Agency

Assistance by fiscal year

200MFY2021
210.3MFY2022
230.5MFY2023
238.8MFY2024
258.3MFY2025
252.6MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Dorchester County, Maryland

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Dorchester County, Maryland compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Dorchester County, Maryland
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Dorchester County, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dorchester County, Maryland

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Dorchester County, Maryland is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Andy HarrisR-MD-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 2.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Dorchester County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cambridge, MD23Central county

Cities and towns in Dorchester County

Places whose residents live mostly in Dorchester County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/24019

FY2017

$32.96

$1,436

FY2018

$108

$1,552

FY2019

$226

$1,654

FY2020

$223

$1,880

FY2021

$46.30

$1,810

FY2022

$1,472

$1,917

FY2023

$291

$2,079

FY2024

$1,398

$2,047

FY2025

$31.80

$2,165

FY2026

$3,898 (partial year)

$1,925

FY2027

$0 (partial year)

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Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

1.7%

2.0%

2015

0.1%

2.1%

2016

1.2%

1.7%

2017

−3.0%

1.4%

2018

0.1%

1.6%

2019

5.8%

1.4%

2020

2.1%

−6.1%

2021

2.3%

3.4%

2022

0.3%

4.3%

2023

−2.7%

2.1%

2024

1.4%

1.2%

2025

−0.4%

0.5%

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

−3.4%

−4.2%

2015

−0.9%

−1.3%

2016

0.0%

2017

+3.5%

+3.3%

2018

+3.5%

+6.8%

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

8.3%

6.2%

2015

7.1%

5.3%

2016

6.1%

4.9%

2017

5.7%

4.4%

2018

5.1%

3.9%

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

−4.0%

−5.5%

2015

−1.3%

−1.9%

2016

0.0%

2017

+4.1%

2018

+7.0%

+8.9%

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

0.8/1k

3.3/1k

2015

1.1/1k

3.7/1k

2016

2.5/1k

3.7/1k

2017

1.3/1k

3.9/1k

2018

1.7/1k

4.1/1k

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

−5.0%

−6.9%

2015

+0.4%

−3.2%

2016

0.0%

2017

+5.7%

+4.7%

2018

+9.4%

+7.5%

2019

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

17.5%

15.5%

2015

18.1%

14.7%

2016

17.4%

14.0%

2017

15.7%

13.4%

2018

15.4%

13.1%

2019

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

−3.6% (Dec 2014)

−10.8% (Dec 2014)

2015

+0.6% (Dec 2015)

−5.2% (Dec 2015)

2016

0.0% (Dec 2016)

2017

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

9.9%

13.5%

2015

8.6%

10.9%

2016

7.8%

10.0%

2017

7.3%

10.2%

2018

7.4%

10.4%

2019

Calendar years

Dorchester County, Maryland

United States

2014

5.7/1k

8.5/1k

2015

6.6/1k

8.7/1k

2016

6.7/1k

9.1/1k

2017

6.9/1k

9.8/1k

2018

6.4/1k

10.7/1k

2019

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dorchester County, Maryland	United States
FY2017	-$0.44	$93.28
FY2018	$10.25	$105
FY2019	$17.42	$128
FY2020	$0.74	$145
FY2021	$8.10	$117
FY2022	$1,329	$138
FY2023	$209	$159
FY2024	$1,210	$157
FY2025	-$49.82	$149
FY2026	$3,850 (partial year)	$211
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dorchester County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$29.12	$298
FY2022	$41.02	$357
FY2023	$206	$301
FY2024	$110	$319
FY2025	$163	$360
FY2026	$247 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dorchester County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$112	$239
FY2022	$109	$185
FY2023	$110	$229
FY2024	$212	$229
FY2025	$91.73	$249
FY2026	$105 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dorchester County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$934	$1,186
FY2022	$383	$465
FY2023	-$11.73	$76.52
FY2024	$8.24	$120
FY2025	$54.42	$148
FY2026	$12.80 (partial year)	$108

Year	Dorchester County, Maryland	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.9 points	−1.2 points	−1.4 points to −1.0 points
Year −2	+1.1 points	+1.3 points	+0.9 points to +1.7 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.9 points	−1.7 points	−1.9 points to −1.4 points
Year +1	−2.8 points	−2.5 points	−2.7 points to −2.2 points
Year +2	−1.7 points	−1.6 points	−1.8 points to −1.4 points

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Dorchester County, Maryland	United States
FY2021	$137	$5,748
FY2022	$1,777	$5,221
FY2023	$952	$5,364
FY2024	$1,900	$5,501
FY2025	$497	$5,732
FY2026	$4,461 (partial year)	$5,476
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Year	Dorchester County, Maryland	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−11.0%	−10.6%	−11.9% to −9.4%
Year −2	+0.2%	−7.1%	−17.8% to +2.3%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−1.0%	+3.3%	−2.6% to +11.3%
Year +1	+15.3%	+6.1%	−4.0% to +10.3%
Year +2	+19.6%	+14.9%	+10.8% to +17.6%

Year	Dorchester County, Maryland	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.4 points	+1.0 points	+0.6 points to +1.2 points
Year −2	−0.1 points	−0.4 points	−2.2 points to +1.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.1 points	+0.3 points	−1.1 points to +1.7 points
Year +1	+0.7 points	−1.3 points	−2.6 points to +0.1 points
Year +2	−0.9 points	−0.3 points	−2.7 points to +2.3 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved8

Declined1

Counties like Dorchester County, Maryland five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

Representation in Congress

House

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Dorchester County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved8

Declined1

House

Senate

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

Money per resident

By type

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What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

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How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 20 similar counties

Jumps not compared