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Allegheny County, PA

1,233,253 Population
730 square miles 1,689.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$46,107 ±$1,050 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,489 ±$312
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$72,031 ±$1,624 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $71,798 ±$557
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11.4% ±0.7% (136,407  ±8,449) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,483,365 (±0.3% / ±39,129)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.2 minutes ±0.5 (12,491,415  ±320,827) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.4 140,389,840 (±0.2 / ±1,296,076)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

539,000 ±5,454 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,294,065 ±14,260
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0 (1,195,686  ±724) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,540,001
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.9% ±0.8% (13,935  ±2,298) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,542 (±0.3% / ±7,113)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

606,136 ±348 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,815,191 ±386
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$221,700 ±$4,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $245,500 ±$1,392
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.9% ±0.7% (144,741  ±8,803) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,378,990 (±0.2% / ±30,921.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

95.4% ±1.5% (854,638  ±13,833.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,436,634 (±0.5% / ±46,126.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
44.8% ±1% (401,562  ±9,110.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.1% 3,209,693 (±0.3% / ±27,947)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

8.1% ±0.5% (95,043  ±5,378) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,515,888 (±0.2% / ±24,009.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

5.8% (71,329  ±5,188) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 978,173
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.8% ±0.4% (58,139  ±3,628) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 638,436 (±0.1% / ±10,651)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
58,139 Total veterans ±3,628 53,571 Male ±3,555 4,568 Female ±1,107

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