Somerset County, Maryland (MD)

Races in Somerset County, Maryland:

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 4
• Thefts: 19
• Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 10
• Burglaries: 4
• Thefts: 28
• Auto thefts: 2

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,511 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,350 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Somerset County is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $531 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $657 a month.

Cities in this county include: Crisfield, Princess Anne, Eden, Mount Vernon, Deal Island, Fairmount, West Pocomoke, Chance, Smith Island, Dames Quarter.

Neighboring counties: Clark County, Kentucky , Mono County, California , Wayne County, Utah , Goochland County, Virginia , Rockbridge County, Virginia , Trimble County, Kentucky .

Current college students: 2,785
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,391 (43.9% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 4182010 or later
• 3452000 to 2009
• 2671990 to 1999
• 891980 to 1989
• 381970 to 1979
• 90Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 57.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,428
• One, attached: 664
• Two: 397
• 3 or 4: 444
• 5 to 9: 311
• 10 to 19: 433
• 20 to 49: 210
• 50 or more: 138
• Mobile homes: 1,162
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Housing units in Somerset County with a mortgage: 2,935 (71 second mortgage, 313 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,456

Religion statistics for Somerset County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Somerset County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Maryland Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3349: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3349, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 04, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4091: November 20, 2012, FEMA Id: 4091, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3335: August 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3335, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 24, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4034: September 16, 2011, FEMA Id: 4034, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3251: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3251, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Isabel, Incident Period: September 18, 2003 to September 29, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1492: September 19, 2003, FEMA Id: 1492, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Floyd, Incident Period: September 16, 1999 to September 20, 1999, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1303: September 24, 1999, FEMA Id: 1303, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Blizzard, Incident Period: January 06, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1081: January 11, 1996, FEMA Id: 1081, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• Maryland Severe Snowfall and Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3100: March 16, 1993, FEMA Id: 3100, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
• Maryland Tropical Storm Agnes, Incident Period: June 23, 1972, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-341: June 23, 1972, FEMA Id: 341, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm

5.79% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($28,366 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.54% relocated from other counties in Maryland ($17,847 average AGI)
2.24% relocated from other states ($10,519 average AGI)

Somerset County:	2.24%
Maryland average:	3.25%

from Wicomico County, MD	2.11% ($28,077 average AGI)
from Worcester County, MD	0.57% ($26,119)
from Accomack County, VA	0.34% ($28,840)
from Sussex County, DE	0.20% ($20,933)
from Anne Arundel County, MD	0.18% ($40,154)
from Prince George's County, MD	0.18% ($18,923)

7.12% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($28,021 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.57% relocated to other counties in Maryland ($16,511 average AGI)
2.56% relocated to other states ($11,508 average AGI)

Somerset County:	2.56%
Maryland average:	3.30%

to Wicomico County, MD	2.53% ($26,333 average AGI)
to Worcester County, MD	0.83% ($28,823)
to Sussex County, DE	0.21% ($27,688)
to Prince George's County, MD	0.20% ($20,133)
to Baltimore city, MD	0.20% ($19,133)
to Accomack County, VA	0.17% ($84,923)
to Baltimore County, MD	0.16% ($22,083)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 11.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Somerset County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 15,565 (2,295 male householders, 2,869 female householders)

  3,177 spouses, 4,981 children (4,813 natural, 0 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 890 grandchildren, 324 brothers or sisters, 228 parents, 324 other relatives, 496 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,968 (1,424 male householders (1,175 living alone)), 1,818 female householders (1,520 living alone)), 715 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 6,581

Size of family households: 2,485 2-persons, 1,466 3-persons, 711 4-persons, 389 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,695 1-person, 490 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 14 5-persons.

1,690 married couples with children.
1,575 single-parent households (366 men, 1,209 women).

91.2% of residents of Somerset speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $167,178,000 ($6,464 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $12,516,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $57,969,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $36,287,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,467,000
Federal grants: $52,706,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,011,000 ($4,456,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,737,000 ($5,427,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $26,344,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,227,000
Federal Government insurance: $156,238,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.71 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 2332014 or later
• 2782010 to 2013
• 1,8362000 to 2009
• 1,4101990 to 1999
• 1,5061980 to 1989
• 1,6611970 to 1979
• 1,0251960 to 1969
• 9331950 to 1959
• 4141940 to 1949
• 2,1031939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Somerset County, Maryland

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 01 room
• 82 rooms
• 443 rooms
• 4354 rooms
• 1,1495 rooms
• 1,1556 rooms
• 9947 rooms
• 6518 rooms
• 9019+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 1261 room
• 1352 rooms
• 6183 rooms
• 7154 rooms
• 7325 rooms
• 3666 rooms
• 2087 rooms
• 608 rooms
• 679+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Somerset County, Maryland

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 0no bedroom
• 851 bedroom
• 1,0222 bedrooms
• 3,2813 bedrooms
• 7234 bedrooms
• 2225+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 121no bedroom
• 5721 bedroom
• 9752 bedrooms
• 1,1333 bedrooms
• 2114 bedrooms
• 255+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Somerset County, Maryland in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 325no vehicle
• 1,6391 vehicle
• 1,9182 vehicles
• 9303 vehicles
• 3934 vehicles
• 1435+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Somerset County population

• 686no vehicle
• 1,5001 vehicle
• 6992 vehicles
• 1313 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

81.3% of Somerset County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Maryland.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 17,414
• Other state: 7,120
• Northeast: 2,760
• Midwest: 613
• South: 3,339
• West: 412

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 617
• Number of aged recipients: 94
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 523
• Number of recipients under 18: 100
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 370
• Number of recipients older than 64: 147
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 266
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 244