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

6,228,601 Population
4,603.2 square miles 1,353.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$43,463 ±$439 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$80,007 ±$1,028 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.3% ±0.4% (749,432  ±26,596) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

27.6 minutes ±0.2 (63,019,344  ±803,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

2,442,868 ±8,226 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (6,070,292  ±8,304) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.8% ±0.4% (69,987  ±5,376) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

2,603,073 ±3,390 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$300,300 ±$2,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11.1% ±0.4% (685,082  ±23,335.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.9% ±0.7% (4,003,670  ±31,149.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
41.9% ±0.5% (1,826,264  ±19,608.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

16.6% ±0.4% (977,779  ±21,174.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,447,986 (±0.2% / ±25,911.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

11.3% ±0.3% (704,797  ±18,546) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

4.9% ±0.1% (240,795  ±6,189) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
240,795 Total veterans ±6,189 220,362 Male ±5,894 20,433 Female ±2,071

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