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Language Spoken At Home in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 20,961 | 100% |
English only | 14,288 | 68.2% |
Language other than English | 6,673 | 31.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,097 | 10.0% |
Spanish | 1,900 | 9.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 680 | 3.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 2,126 | 10.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 695 | 3.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1,771 | 8.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 436 | 2.1% |
Other languages | 876 | 4.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 286 | 1.4% |
Ancestry in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 22,790 | 100% |
American | 418 | 1.8% |
Arab | 523 | 2.3% |
Czech | 56 | 0.2% |
Danish | 48 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 333 | 1.5% |
English | 714 | 3.1% |
French (except Basque) | 190 | 0.8% |
French Canadian | 145 | 0.6% |
German | 1,740 | 7.6% |
Greek | 62 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 630 | 2.8% |
Irish | 1,901 | 8.3% |
Italian | 1,960 | 8.6% |
Lithuanian | 46 | 0.2% |
Norwegian | 48 | 0.2% |
Polish | 1,285 | 5.6% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 474 | 2.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 24 | 0.1% |
Scottish | 184 | 0.8% |
Slovak | 53 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 892 | 3.9% |
Swedish | 89 | 0.4% |
Swiss | 53 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 130 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 132 | 0.6% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 798 | 3.5% |
Households By Type in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 8,756 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 5,564 | 63.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,318 | 26.5% |
Married-couple family | 4,504 | 51.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,931 | 22.1% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 240 | 2.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 76 | 0.9% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 820 | 9.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 311 | 3.6% |
Nonfamily households | 3,192 | 36.5% |
Householder living alone | 2,660 | 30.4% |
65 years and over | 1,053 | 12.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 2,489 | 28.4% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 2,346 | 26.8% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 22,270 | 100% |
Householder | 8,756 | 39.3% |
Spouse | 4,576 | 20.5% |
Child | 6,193 | 27.8% |
Other relatives | 1,522 | 6.8% |
Nonrelatives | 1,223 | 5.5% |
Unmarried partner | 466 | 2.1% |
Marital Status in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 8,981 | 100% |
Never married | 2,840 | 31.6% |
Now married, except separated | 5,135 | 57.2% |
Separated | 61 | 0.7% |
Widowed | 220 | 2.4% |
Divorced | 725 | 8.1% |
Females 15 years and over | 10,014 | 100% |
Never married | 2,399 | 24.0% |
Now married, except separated | 5,013 | 50.1% |
Separated | 170 | 1.7% |
Widowed | 1,221 | 12.2% |
Divorced | 1,211 | 12.1% |
Fertility in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 503 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 21 | 4.2% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 10 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 92 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 158 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 36 | 0% |
Grandparents in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 377 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 77 | 20.4% |
Less than 1 year | 0 | 0.0% |
1 or 2 years | 20 | 5.3% |
3 or 4 years | 0 | 0.0% |
5 or more years | 57 | 15.1% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 77 | 100% |
Who are female | 34 | 44.2% |
Who are married | 77 | 100.0% |
School Enrollment in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 4,280 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 469 | 11.0% |
Kindergarten | 201 | 4.7% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,417 | 33.1% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 740 | 17.3% |
College or graduate school | 1,453 | 33.9% |
Educational Attainment in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 17,139 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 385 | 2.2% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 672 | 3.9% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,447 | 20.1% |
Some college, no degree | 2,622 | 15.3% |
Associate's degree | 1,111 | 6.5% |
Bachelor's degree | 5,487 | 32.0% |
Graduate or professional degree | 3,415 | 19.9% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 93.8% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 51.9% |
Veteran Status in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 18,446 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,155 | 6.3% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 22,272 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,099 | 9.4% |
Under 18 years | 4,287 | 100% |
With a disability | 63 | 1.5% |
18 to 64 years | 14,890 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,021 | 6.9% |
65 years and over | 3,095 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,015 | 32.8% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 22,454 | 100% |
Same house | 20,455 | 91.1% |
Different house in the U.S. | 1,753 | 7.8% |
Same county | 887 | 4.0% |
Different county | 866 | 3.9% |
Same state | 546 | 2.4% |
Different state | 320 | 1.4% |
Abroad | 246 | 1.1% |
Place Of Birth in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 22,790 | 100% |
Native | 16,792 | 73.7% |
Born in United States | 16,325 | 71.6% |
State of residence | 10,865 | 47.7% |
Different state | 5,460 | 24.0% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 467 | 2.0% |
Foreign born | 5,998 | 26.3% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 5,998 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 3,498 | 58.3% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 2,500 | 41.7% |
Year of Entry in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 6,465 | 100% |
Native | 467 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 7 | 1.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 460 | 98.5% |
Foreign born | 5,998 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 229 | 3.8% |
Entered before 2010 | 5,769 | 96.2% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Somerset
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 5,998 | 100% |
Europe | 683 | 11.4% |
Asia | 3,025 | 50.4% |
Africa | 872 | 14.5% |
Oceania | 11 | 0.2% |
Latin America | 1,329 | 22.2% |
Northern America | 78 | 1.3% |