The population of Somerset county is estimated at 334,373 where 216,315 speak English exclusively and 4,191 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 3,238 births and 2,535 deaths in Somerset county. Somerset county has 68,996 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 21,434 that are owned free and clear and 27,329 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Somerset County filed 168,810 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 3.9% of all New Jersey filings and 0.113% of the entire nation. Somerset had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $4,339,316,000 on earned income of $20,948,139,000. Other notable statistics from Somerset County were 8,090 unemployment claims which collected a total of $55,834,000 and 74,240 charitable contributions valued at $365,870,000. 77,640 filings from Somerset County paid a combined total of $846,934,000 in property taxes and 60,770 filings paid $607,707,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Somerset county had 196 religious congregations with an estimated 156,935 members.
53.1% of the Somerset population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 5.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Somerset County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 19,317 votes.
At $111,838 the median income is 139.6% of the New Jersey average. An estimated 6,595 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Somerset, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Somerset County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
32,774	Information
25,815	Professional, scientific, and technical services
21,653	Health care and social assistance
18,878	Retail trade
13,918	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
13,758	Administrative and support services
13,745	Telecommunications
12,931	Finance and insurance
12,329	Manufacturing
12,184	Wholesale trade
11,509	Accommodation and food services
11,167	Computer systems design and related services
10,091	Food services and drinking places
8,679	Ambulatory health care services
8,591	Insurance carriers and related activities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.37% in Somerset County (averaging across 12 zip codes a sample of which are; 8873, 7924, 8835, 7920 and 8812).

In 2018 16.42% of listings in Somerset County (averaging across 15 zip codes a sample of which are; 7059, 8823, 7921, 8502 and 8805) dropped their price.

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