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Dauphin County (Central)--Harrisburg City & Colonial Park PUMA, PA

170,518 Population
66.2 square miles 2,577.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,349 ±$2,061 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$73,040 ±$3,151 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.1% ±3.1% (26,896  ±5,157) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.2 minutes ±1.1 (1,457,015  ±113,159) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

70,786 ±2,359 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (167,337  ±2,802) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.5% ±2.5% (2,193  ±995) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

75,383 ±2,414 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$232,800 ±$10,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.7% ±2.6% (19,639  ±4,392.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90% ±4.6% (106,716  ±5,863.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.4% ±2.9% (41,946  ±3,579.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

16.9% ±1.3% (27,384  ±2,028.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,482,073 (±0.1% / ±11,519.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

12.8% ±1.9% (21,884  ±3,229) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.4% ±1.3% (9,763  ±1,684) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,763 Total veterans ±1,684 8,853 Male ±1,518 910 Female ±540

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