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Somerset County, Maryland
9,505 Black residents · 38.6% of the county · ranked 14 of 24 in Maryland by Black population
Somerset County is a Maryland county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Somerset County held 24,620 residents in all, of whom 9,505 — 38.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 24,620 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,505 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 38.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Maryland counties | 14 of 24 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Somerset County: 11,192 Black residents in 2010 and 9,505 in 2020. The population declined by 15.1%, and the Black share in Somerset County moved from 42.3% to 38.6%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Maryland, the Census Bureau counts 24 counties and county equivalents, Somerset County among them; it stands 14 by Black population, with 9,505 Black residents of the state's 1.8 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Somerset County, Maryland, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Somerset County, Maryland, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Somerset County page gives the frame they stand in: 24,620 residents in all, 9,505 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.