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Somerset County, MD

24,685 Population
319.7 square miles 77.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,031 ±$2,692 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,462 ±$6,287 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.1% ±3.9% (3,963  ±765) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.5 minutes ±1.9 (199,420  ±20,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,296 ±343 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (19,696  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.1% ±3.8% (412  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,916 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$164,300 ±$14,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.5% ±2.6% (3,538  ±641.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85% ±4.5% (14,448  ±802.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.1% ±2.1% (2,913  ±360.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% (933  ±405) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.6% ±1.1% (1,352  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,352 Total veterans ±226 1,205 Male ±230 147 Female ±108

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