Somerset County, MD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Somerset county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,036	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	302	4.3
Kindergarten	292	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,218	31.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,439	20.5
College or graduate school	2,785	39.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,321	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,485	9.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,487	21.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,998	36.8
Some college, no degree	2,862	17.5
Associate degree	589	3.6
Bachelor's degree	1,207	7.4
Graduate or professional degree	693	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,941	100.0
Never married	6,461	30.9
Now married, except separated	10,520	50.2
Separated	585	2.8
Widowed	1,659	7.9
Female	1,302	6.2
Divorced	1,716	8.2
Female	875	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	549	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	295	53.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	20,162	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,793	13.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,177	100.0
With a disability	566	10.9

Population 21 to 64 years	11,704	100.0
With a disability	2,857	24.4
Percent employed	58.6	(X)
No disability	8,847	75.6
Percent employed	73.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,307	100.0
With a disability	1,562	47.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,590	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,593	61.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,744	37.1
Same county	4,181	17.7
Different county	4,563	19.3
Same state	2,971	12.6
Different state	1,592	6.7
Elsewhere in 1995	253	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	24,747	100.0
Native	24,127	97.5
Born in United States	24,014	97.0
State of residence	16,239	65.6
Different state	7,775	31.4
Born outside United States	113	0.5
Foreign born	620	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	403	1.6
Naturalized citizen	221	0.9
Not a citizen	399	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	620	100.0
Europe	62	10.0
Asia	189	30.5
Africa	190	30.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	166	26.8
Northern America	13	2.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,590	100.0
English only	22,595	95.8
Language other than English	995	4.2
Speak English less than 'very well	333	1.4
Spanish	331	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	147	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	291	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	103	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	210	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	74	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	24,747	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,352	74.2
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	43	0.2
Danish	77	0.3
Dutch	149	0.6
English	2,901	11.7
French (except Basque)¹	201	0.8
French Canadian¹	63	0.3
German	1,504	6.1
Greek	35	0.1
Hungarian	50	0.2
Irish¹	1,467	5.9
Italian	248	1.0
Lithuanian	29	0.1
Norwegian	44	0.2
Polish	196	0.8
Portuguese	14	0.1
Russian	17	0.1
Scotch-Irish	200	0.8
Scottish	230	0.9
Slovak	8	0.0
Subsaharan African	425	1.7
Swedish	128	0.5
Swiss	28	0.1
Ukrainian	31	0.1
United States or American	2,767	11.2
Welsh	117	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	122	0.5
Other ancestries	7,252	29.3

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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