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Northumberland County, PA

90,120 Population
457.7 square miles 196.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,629 ±$1,442 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,046 ±$2,947 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.2% ±2.1% (9,696  ±1,816) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.4 minutes ±1.1 (940,525  ±46,216) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

37,343 ±1,567 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (86,686  ±43) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.9% ±4% (1,224  ±718) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

43,443 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$164,300 ±$9,409 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.1% ±2.2% (7,227  ±1,972.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.7% ±4.2% (59,555  ±2,796.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
19.3% ±2% (12,799  ±1,328.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% (2,075  ±619) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9% ±1.3% (6,505  ±931) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,505 Total veterans ±931 5,918 Male ±878 587 Female ±307

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