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  People QuickFacts Somerset County Maryland
  Population, 2001 estimate 24,9375,375,156
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.8%1.5%
  Population, 2000 24,7475,296,486
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.6%10.8%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 61.9%55.7%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 69.5%83.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.6%31.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 25.131.2
  Housing units, 2000 10,0922,145,283
  Homeownership rate, 2000 69.6%67.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 12.5%25.8%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $81,100$146,000
  Households, 2000 8,3611,980,859
  Persons per household, 2000 2.372.61
  Median household money income, 1999 $29,903$52,868
  Per capita money income, 1999 $15,965$25,614


  Business QuickFacts Somerset County Maryland
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 415127,431
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 3,1831,988,950
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 4.9%9.8%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,440307,535
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA36,505,948
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 67,97946,428,206
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $2,784$9,116
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 2730,358
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 140,78848,163,883
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 621171,635


  Geography QuickFacts Somerset County Maryland
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 3279,774
  Persons per square mile, 2000 75.6541.9
  Metropolitan Area None 
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