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People QuickFacts | Somerset County | Maine
Population, 2012 estimate | 51,910 | 1,329,192
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 52,228 | 1,328,361
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.6% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 52,228 | 1,328,361
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.0% | 5.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 20.8% | 20.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 17.5% | 17.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.5% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 97.1% | 95.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 1.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | Z
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 0.9% | 1.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 96.3% | 94.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.8% | 86.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.9% | 3.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.9% | 7.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 86.7% | 90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.4% | 27.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,790 | 134,547
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.4 | 23
Housing units, 2011 | 30,770 | 725,577
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 77.9% | 72.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.7% | 19.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $111,700 | $176,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 21,795 | 551,601
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.36 | 2.34
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,105 | $26,195
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,875 | $47,898
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.5% | 12.8%
Business QuickFacts | Somerset County | Maine
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,158 | 40,112
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 13,511 | 479,728
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -0.4% | -0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 3,414 | 110,500
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,351 | 150,389
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.0% | 25.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,566,889 | 16,363,192
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 76,669 | 8,823,719
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 577,288 | 20,444,031
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,211 | $15,520
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 44,981 | 2,515,827
Building permits, 2012 | 50 | 3,001
Geography QuickFacts | Somerset County | Maine
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 3,924.40 | 30,842.92
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 13.3 | 43.1
FIPS Code | 25 | 23
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts