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Pennsylvania

12,805,537 Population
44,742.1 square miles 286.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,711 ±$207 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$59,195 ±$443 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

12.5% ±0.3% (1,548,720  ±31,552) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

27.1 minutes ±0.2 (155,700,265  ±1,151,799) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

5,008,751 ±12,653 Number of households
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.5 ±0 (12,382,049  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5% ±0.2% (143,272  ±6,371) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

5,694,402 ±684 Number of housing units
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$181,200 ±$1,167 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

12.6% ±0.3% (1,601,700  ±31,658.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90.6% ±0.4% (8,116,546  ±37,430.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
31.4% ±0.3% (2,817,236  ±22,095.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

11.5% ±0.2% (1,396,223  ±20,558.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

7% ±0.1% (893,769  ±18,083) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

7.3% ±0.1% (742,199  ±10,298) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
742,199 Total veterans ±10,298 691,674 Male ±9,269 50,525 Female ±3,384

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