Somerset, KY
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None of the households in Somerset, KY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
96.9% of the residents in Somerset, KY are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Somerset, KY are Somerset Community College (2,625 degrees awarded in 2022).
Somerset, KY is home to a population of N/A people, from which 96.9% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Somerset, KY residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).
In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Somerset, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.
The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Somerset, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
Somerset, KY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.86 times greater than any other conflict.
The economy of Somerset, KY employs N/A people. The largest industries in Somerset, KY are Health Care & Social Assistance (707 people), Manufacturing (684 people), and Retail Trade (588 people), and the highest paying industries are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($250,001), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting ($250,001), and Wholesale Trade ($165,517).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Somerset, KY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (661 people), Production Occupations (471 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (421 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Somerset, KY.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Somerset, KY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (707 people), Manufacturing (684 people), and Retail Trade (588 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Somerset, KY, though some of these residents may live in Somerset, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($250,001), Wholesale Trade ($165,517), and Retail Trade ($90,778).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Other Services Except Public Administration ($52,906), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($33,245), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($28,770).
As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 64.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (33.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.808%).
Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing the state of Kentucky. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 64.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (33.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.808%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Kentucky for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing Kentucky.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Kentucky over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kentucky have changed over time starting in 2008.
In 2022, universities in Somerset, KY awarded 2,625 degrees. The student population of Somerset, KY in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 2,213 male students and 3,316 female students.
Most students graduating from Universities in Somerset, KY are White (2,482 and 94.7%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (56 and 2.14%), Two or More Races (44 and 1.68%), and Asian (16 and 0.61%).
The largest universities in Somerset, KY by number of degrees awarded are Somerset Community College (2,625 and 100%).
The most popular majors in Somerset, KY are Liberal Arts & Sciences (317 and 12.1%), General Business Administration & Management (280 and 10.7%), and Electrician (265 and 10.1%).
In 2022, the most common concentation for N/A recipients in Somerset, KY was General Business Administration & Management with 48 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a N/A from schools in Somerset, KY according to their major.
In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Somerset Community College with 2,625 degrees awarded.
In 2022, 1,403 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Somerset, KY, which is 1.15 times more than the 1,222 female students who received degrees in the same year.
In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 2,482 degrees mean that there were 44.3 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 56 degrees awarded.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, 0.821% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.756% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.17M), Some college (766k), and Secondary Education (551k).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
Median household income in Somerset, KY is N/A. In 2023, the place with the highest median household income in Somerset, KY was Census Tract 9307 with a value of $47,899, followed by Census Tract 9306 and Census Tract 9304.01, with respective values of $34,796 and $32,731.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Somerset, KY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
In 2023, the place with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Somerset, KY was Census Tract 9307 with a value of $47,899, followed by Census Tract 9306 and Census Tract 9304.01, with respective values of $34,796 and $32,731.
The following map shows all of the places in Somerset, KY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Somerset, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.452 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.286% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In N/A, N/A% of workers in Somerset, KY N/A, followed by those who N/A (N/A%) and those who N/A (N/A%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Somerset, KY have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, 5.86% of the workforce in Somerset, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Somerset, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Somerset, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Somerset, KY have 2 cars.
28.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Somerset, KY (3.17k out of 11.1k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Females 45 - 54 and then Males 55 - 64.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Somerset, KY is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Somerset, KY has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Somerset, KY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
