Somerset County, Maryland

Somerset County population, land area and income

Somerset County had 25,241 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 319.8 square miles of land. It ranks 23rd of 24 in Maryland by population and 18th by land area. That works out to 78.9 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Maryland has 111,399 residents, so Somerset County has 23% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $51,841 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Somerset County's population changed since 2020

Somerset County gained 674 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.7%. That ranks 6th of 24 in Maryland for growth. The median Maryland county changed by +2.1%, and the state as a whole by +1.4%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Somerset County recorded 1,047 births and 1,404 deaths, a natural change of -357. Net international migration added +258 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +694. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 694 people.

Where Somerset County is

The Census internal point of Somerset County is at 38.074500, -75.853300. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Maryland's 24 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Somerset County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Somerset County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Somerset County, 6,198 people together, or 25% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Somerset County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Princess Anne with 3,667.

Counties bordering Somerset County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Somerset County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is St. Mary's County, MD, with 116,469 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• St. Mary's County

  116,469 people

  38 mi WNW

• Wicomico County

  106,329 people

  24 mi NNE

• Worcester County

  54,337 people

  31 mi ENE

• VA

  Accomack County, VA

  33,411 people

  22 mi SSE

• Dorchester County

  33,138 people

  27 mi NNW

• VA

  Northumberland County, VA

  12,397 people

  32 mi WSW

Distance to Annapolis and the nearest big city

Annapolis is 71.4 miles NNW of Somerset County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Hampton, VA (population 137,596), 75.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Salisbury, MD (population 33,616), 25.4 miles away.

Somerset County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Somerset County is 24039: state code 24 for Maryland plus county code 039. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $51,841.