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Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

6,092,403 Population
4,603.2 square miles 1,323.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,420 ±$221 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,518 ±$159
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$74,825 ±$475 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,627 ±$256
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11.9% ±0.2% (705,750  ±13,679) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

30.1 minutes ±0.1 (81,717,565  ±472,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

2,311,452 ±4,419 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (5,933,844  ±2,543) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,374,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.9% ±0.1% (70,541  ±1,996) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

2,497,830 ±1,012 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$259,500 ±$1,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

11.9% ±0.2% (714,042  ±10,481.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.2% ±0.4% (3,852,675  ±15,255.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,180,031 (±0.2% / ±20,777.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
38.7% ±0.2% (1,634,591  ±9,335.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,906,517 (±0.2% / ±13,395.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

16.3% ±0.3% (939,854  ±19,401.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,420,449 (±0.2% / ±22,597.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

11.1% ±0.1% (676,071  ±7,880) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.9% ±0.1% (281,156  ±3,394) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
281,156 Total veterans ±3,394 258,665 Male ±3,296 22,491 Female ±1,261

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