Somerset County, Maryland is in Maryland, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban up-and-coming, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both violent crime and homicides, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, and job proximity, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, and air quality, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, poverty, and pollution exposure.

• median household income ($35,154)
• public-school spending per student ($14,999)
• average weekly wage ($816.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($209.45)
• households with internet access (98.62%)
• high-school graduation rate (87.00%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (76.60%)
• homeownership rate (64.8%)
• pre-school enrollment (60.47%)
• racial integration (48.00%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (44.73%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (43.22%)
• adult obesity (42.40%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (42.06%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (40.79%)
• labor-force participation (39.74%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (30.10%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (29.89%)
• heart disease among older adults (28.63%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (27.00%)
• poverty rate (24.68%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (20.31%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (19.58%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (19.02%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (18.27%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (14.53%)
• adult diabetes (13.0%)
• households with no vehicle (10.89%)
• population without health insurance (10.63%)
• new-business growth rate (9.81%)
• cancer among older adults (8.50%)
• newborns with low birth weight (8.12%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (7.0%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (5.98%)
• vacant houses (3.80%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.27%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.77%)
• teenage birth rate (1.66%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.40%)
• overcrowded households (1.34%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.78%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• change in median household value (-7.88%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-72.40)
• food environment index (5.6)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (5,083)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (15.6)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (38.5)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.57)
• walkability index (5.02)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (29.39)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (14.13)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.16)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (32.06)
• homicides per 100,000 population (5.930)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (4,265)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,063)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.12)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.46)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (6.26)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.18)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.02)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.61)
• very-hot days per year (6)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (312.09)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.30)
• first responders per 1,000 population (1.430)
• population (25,918)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (30.94)

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