Somerset County, New Jersey Demographics

Somerset County is 10th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Somerset County is 16th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Somerset County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Asian

Somerset County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Somerset County is 1st in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Somerset County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Income per capita

Somerset County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Income per household

Somerset County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - Asian

Somerset County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Somerset County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home median value

Somerset County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Somerset County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Somerset County is 5th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Somerset County is 5th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	327,707	13th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	301.8	13th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,071.7	10th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	13th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	4th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.3%	13th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	4th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	50.2%	1st	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	72.7%	13th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.6%	13th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	14th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	15.4%	3rd	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	13th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	11th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	11th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	51.2%	13th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	22.9%	7th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	123,487	14th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.5%	11th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	114,348	13th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.3%	5th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$420,500	4th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.8	5th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,169	5th	17,939	829,658

Income Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$48,090	2nd	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$98,842	2nd	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	3.7%	20th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Somerset County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Non-farm private establishments	9,677	12th	226,878	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	175,150	9th	3,377,848	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	32,225	12th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,755,996	12th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,946	3rd	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$656,131	13th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732