Somerset County, Pennsylvania Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Somerset County is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Somerset County is 10th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Somerset County is 10th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	76,957	37th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,074.4	7th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	72.4	47th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	59th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	59th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.5%	10th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.6%	59th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.5%	52nd	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	96.3%	23rd	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.6%	38th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	59th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	61st	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	65th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	49th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.3%	23rd	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	48.4%	59th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	62nd	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	38,110	38th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.9%	46th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	30,168	37th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.1%	10th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$94,200	52nd	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	29th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	50	46th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$20,909	59th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$41,102	52nd	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.8%	33rd	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,743	36th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	20,104	38th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,162	35th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$764,746	38th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,838	46th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$81,350	38th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732