Somerset, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2473350, place: Somerset town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 244 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (10.25%)
Kindergarten: 26 (10.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (43.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 82 (33.61%)
College or graduate school: 5 (2.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 860 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 0 (0%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 26 (3.02%)
Some college, no degree: 82 (9.53%)
Associate degree: 9 (1.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 237 (27.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 506 (58.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 100%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 86.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 965 (100%)
Never married: 189 (19.59%)
Now married, except separated: 660 (68.39%)
Separated: 8 (0.83%)
Total Widowed: 43 (4.46%)
Widowed Female: 18 (1.87%)
Total Divorced: 65 (6.74%)
Divorced Female: 48 (4.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 893 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 125 (14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 240 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 653 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (4.44%)
----Percent employed: 69%
--No disability: 624 (95.56%)
----Percent employed: 85.9%
Population 65 years and over: 212 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (18.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,105 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 739 (66.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 323 (29.23%)
--Same county: 151 (13.67%)
--Different county: 172 (15.57%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 172 (15.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 43 (3.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,166 (100%)
Native: 1,032 (88.51%)
--Born in United States: 973 (100%)
----State of residence: 91 (7.8%)
----Different state: 882 (75.64%)
--Born outside United States: 59 (5.06%)
Foreign born: 134 (11.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 67 (5.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (3.09%)
--Not a citizen: 98 (8.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 134 (100%)
Europe: 33 (24.63%)
Asia: 43 (32.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 58 (43.28%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,105 (100%)
English only: 951 (86.06%)
Language other than English: 154 (13.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (2.81%)
--Spanish: 40 (3.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 78 (7.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,166 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,458% (125.04%)
Arab: 7 (0.6%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (0.6%)
Dutch: 29 (2.49%)
English: 155 (13.29%)
French (except Basque): 25 (2.14%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.09%)
German: 189 (16.21%)
Greek: 9 (0.77%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.34%)
Irish: 190 (16.3%)
Italian: 96 (8.23%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 44 (3.77%)
Polish: 46 (3.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 79 (6.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (6.26%)
Scottish: 23 (1.97%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.6%)
Swiss: 8 (0.69%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.17%)
United States or American: 73 (6.26%)
Welsh: 22 (1.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 365 (31.3%)

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