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

6,102,434 Population
4,603.1 square miles 1,325.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,930 ±$393 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,804 ±$222
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$74,533 ±$889 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,463 ±$429
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

11.8% ±0.5% (699,913  ±26,981) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,489,333 (±0.3% / ±38,199)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

30.8 minutes ±0.3 (87,368,435  ±1,045,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.8 162,715,325 (±0.2 / ±1,394,328)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

2,323,207 ±7,891 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,119,249 ±11,502
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0 (5,943,507  ±6,151) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,380,244 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.9% ±0.4% (70,695  ±5,364) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 148,956 (±0.2% / ±6,375)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

2,507,446 ±2,431 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,732,580 ±1,066
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$263,700 ±$2,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $192,600 ±$1,105
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

11.8% ±0.4% (715,191  ±23,181.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,577,990 (±0.3% / ±34,693.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.2% ±0.7% (3,875,839  ±30,900.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,216,204 (±0.5% / ±41,592.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
39% ±0.4% (1,658,371  ±18,436.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,917,402 (±0.3% / ±22,331.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

16.3% ±0.3% (939,854  ±19,401.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • 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)

10.9% ±0.3% (667,682  ±16,172) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,167 (±0.2% / ±19,548)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

5.8% ±0.2% (275,857  ±7,036) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 710,375 (±0.1% / ±9,304)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
275,857 Total veterans ±7,036 253,815 Male ±6,941 22,042 Female ±2,045

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