Somerset County, Maryland

administration
Somerset County Courthouse
US state :	Maryland
Administrative headquarters :	Princess Anne
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Somerset County Office Complex 11916 Somerset Ave Princess Anne, MD 21853
Foundation :	1666
Made up from:	Indian country
Area code :	001 4100
Demographics
Residents :	26,470 (2010)
Population density :	31.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1582 km²
Water surface :	734 km²
map

Website : www.co.somerset.md.us

The Somerset County is a county in the US state of Maryland . The county seat is Princess Anne .

geography

The county is located on the Delmarva Peninsula on the east bank of Chesapeake Bay , borders Virginia to the south and is the southernmost county of Maryland. Somerset County covers an area of 1,582 square kilometers; of which 734 square kilometers (46.43 percent) are water surfaces. It borders on the following counties:

	Wicomico County
		Worcester County
	Accomack County

history

Somerset County was formed in 1666 by order-in-council on former Indian land. It was named after Mary, Lady Somerset , sister-in-law of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore .

In 1742 what would become Worcester County was spun off. In 1867, parts of Somerset and Worcester Counties formed what is now Wicomico County .

73 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 14, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	15,310	-
1800	17,358	13.4%
1810	17.195	-0.9%
1820	19,579	13.9%
1830	20,166	3%
1840	19,508	-3.3%
1850	22,456	15.1%
1860	24,992	11.3%
1870	18,190	-27.2%
1880	21,668	19.1%
1890	24,155	11.5%
1900	25,923	7.3%
1910	26,455	2.1%
1920	24,602	-7%
1930	23,382	-5%
1940	20,965	-10.3%
1950	20,745	-1 %
1960	19,623	-5.4%
1970	18,924	-3.6%
1980	19,188	1.4%
1990	23,440	22.2%
2000	24,747	5.6%
2010	26,470	7%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Somerset County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2010 census , Somerset County had 26,470 people in 8,341 households. The population density was 31.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.30 people lived in each of the 8,341 households.

The racial the population was composed of 53.5 percent white, 42.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

18.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. 46.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35.621 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,378. 24.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.