% String pageType = "Home"; %>
<% String incState = "Maryland"; %>
<% String incStateAbbrev = "MD"; %>
<% String incCounty = "Somerset County"; %>
<%@ include file="includes/headerCounty.inc"%>
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People QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
Maryland |
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Population, 2001 estimate |
24,937 | 5,375,156 |
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Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 |
0.8% | 1.5% |
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Population, 2000 |
24,747 | 5,296,486 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
5.6% | 10.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
61.9% | 55.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
69.5% | 83.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
11.6% | 31.4% |
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Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
25.1 | 31.2 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
10,092 | 2,145,283 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
69.6% | 67.7% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
12.5% | 25.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$81,100 | $146,000 |
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Households, 2000 |
8,361 | 1,980,859 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.37 | 2.61 |
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Median household money income, 1999 |
$29,903 | $52,868 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$15,965 | $25,614 |
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Business QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
Maryland |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
415 | 127,431 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
3,183 | 1,988,950 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
4.9% | 9.8% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
1,440 | 307,535 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
NA | 36,505,948 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
67,979 | 46,428,206 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$2,784 | $9,116 |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
27 | 30,358 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
140,788 | 48,163,883 |
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Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
621 | 171,635 |