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Perry County, PA

45,988 Population
551.4 square miles 83.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±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

$38,594 ±$1,392 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$78,824 ±$3,086 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

8% ±1% (3,651  ±444) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

31.5 minutes ±0.8 (607,880  ±22,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

18,232 ±230 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0 (45,501  ±12) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.8% ±1.3% (530  ±115) 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

20,010 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$222,800 ±$5,639 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

5.9% ±0.7% (2,662  ±332.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.9% ±2.6% (29,834  ±855.3) 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)
18.6% ±1.3% (6,176  ±432.9) 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

1.2% (569  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.6% ±0.8% (3,128  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,128 Total veterans ±284 2,859 Male ±290 269 Female ±94

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