Somerset County, Maine Demographics

Somerset County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Income below poverty line

Somerset County is 2nd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Somerset County is 3rd in Maine out of 16 other counties in Size in square miles

Somerset County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Somerset County is 4th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Somerset County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Somerset County is 5th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Race - White

Somerset County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Home ownership rate

Somerset County is 6th in Maine out of 16 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Somerset County is 7th in Maine out of 16 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Current population (2012)	51,910	9th	1,329,192	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,924.4	3rd	30,842.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	13.3	13th	43.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	6th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	2nd	20.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.5%	11th	17.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.7%	14th	90.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.4%	16th	27.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Race - White	97.1%	5th	95.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	13th	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	5th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	12th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	4th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	10th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	16th	1.4%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.3%	4th	94.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Female residents	50.5%	14th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	12th	3.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Housing units	30,770	9th	725,577	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.7%	11th	19.3%	25.9%
Households	21,795	9th	551,601	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.9%	6th	72.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$111,700	13th	$176,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	7th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	50	15th	3,001	829,658

Income Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Income per capita	$21,105	13th	$26,195	$27,915
Income per household	$37,875	13th	$47,898	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.5%	2nd	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Maine	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,158	11th	40,112	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	13,511	9th	479,728	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,351	14th	150,389	27,092,908
Retail sales	$577,288	9th	$20,444,031	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,211	14th	$15,520	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$44,981	12th	$2,515,827	$613,795,732