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

6,096,372 Population
4,603 square miles 1,324.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,404 ±$352 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $33,960 ±$208
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$70,747 ±$670 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $60,905 ±$315
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

12.3% ±0.4% (731,023  ±23,255) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,517,870 (±0.2% / ±30,308)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

30.5 minutes ±0.2 (85,681,765  ±767,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 158,372,430 (±0.2 / ±1,268,208)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

2,285,651 ±9,532 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,070,931 ±12,151
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0 (5,936,581  ±7,654) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,385,066 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

4.7% ±0.3% (68,002  ±4,497) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 147,829 (±0.2% / ±6,771)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

2,497,446 ±3,011 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,136 ±439
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$256,400 ±$2,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $186,000 ±$1,108
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

12% ±0.4% (724,918  ±21,230.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,555,639 (±0.2% / ±29,993.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

91.1% ±0.7% (3,852,364  ±30,172.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,182,529 (±0.4% / ±37,753.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
38.1% ±0.4% (1,611,096  ±18,655.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.8% 2,862,482 (±0.3% / ±22,630.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

11.4% ±0.3% (694,072  ±15,434) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 922,585 (±0.2% / ±19,391)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

6.1% ±0.2% (289,690  ±8,094) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 745,909 (±0.1% / ±11,767)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
289,690 Total veterans ±8,094 269,214 Male ±7,380 20,476 Female ±2,321

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