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Allegheny County, PA

1,224,825 Population
730 square miles 1,677.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,858 ±$1,086 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$76,615 ±$1,783 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.7% ±0.8% (139,517  ±8,876) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.4 minutes ±0.5 (13,038,890  ±347,484) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

547,396 ±4,381 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (1,188,388  ±1,697) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±0.8% (14,331  ±2,329) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

608,914 ±790 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$232,300 ±$3,660 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

12.6% ±0.9% (152,465  ±10,856.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.4% ±1.6% (859,626  ±14,323.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
46.9% ±1.1% (418,509  ±9,639.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

9% ±0.6% (105,274  ±6,425.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 13% 1,598,408 (±0.2% / ±27,363.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

6.7% (82,375  ±5,240) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.6% ±0.4% (55,504  ±3,460) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
55,504 Total veterans ±3,460 51,914 Male ±3,335 3,590 Female ±900

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