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Pennsylvania

12,794,885 Population
44,742.3 square miles 286 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,518 ±$159 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$63,627 ±$256 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

12% ±0.2% (1,480,430  ±18,271) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

27.1 minutes ±0.1 (153,412,435  ±553,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

5,106,601 ±8,064 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 (12,374,980  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.1% ±0.1% (146,718  ±3,014) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

5,713,345 ±914 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$187,500 ±$571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.2% ±0.1% (1,546,219  ±15,302.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91% ±0.2% (8,180,031  ±20,777.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
32.3% ±0.2% (2,906,517  ±13,395.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

11.5% ±0.1% (1,393,559  ±11,260.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

7% ±0.1% (896,853  ±9,635) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.2% ±0.1% (731,411  ±5,017) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
731,411 Total veterans ±5,017 681,167 Male ±4,847 50,244 Female ±1,837

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