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Jefferson County, PA

44,099 Population
652.4 square miles 67.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,091 ±$912 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,898 ±$2,304 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.3% ±1.4% (6,594  ±621) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.9 minutes ±0.8 (430,780  ±17,822) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

18,207 ±252 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0 (43,360  ±13) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.8% ±1.4% (508  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

22,053 ±64 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$126,700 ±$4,941 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.1% ±1.3% (3,519  ±550.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.4% ±2.1% (28,787  ±649.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.5% ±1% (5,509  ±309.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% (196  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.1% ±0.7% (2,804  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,804 Total veterans ±248 2,602 Male ±229 202 Female ±75

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