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State Senate District 5, PA

271,200 Population
34.1 square miles 7,949.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$30,082 ±$965 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $37,725 ±$165
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$57,072 ±$1,764 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $67,587 ±$271
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

17.2% ±1.3% (45,764  ±3,715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,811 (±0.1% / ±18,030)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

33.9 minutes ±0.3 (3,682,075  ±129,303) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 149,931,280 (±0.1 / ±616,528)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

103,127 ±2,263 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,147,783 ±8,001
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.6 ±0 (265,957  ±6,399) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,556,941
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

6.6% ±1% (4,013  ±604) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 145,623 (±0.1% / ±3,238)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

109,060 ±2,265 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,728,788 ±563
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$210,300 ±$2,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $197,300 ±$613
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

10.5% ±1% (28,065  ±2,618.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,511,621 (±0.1% / ±15,073.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

87.5% ±0.4% (166,764  ±4,010.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.4% 8,324,121 (±0.2% / ±20,896.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
25.5% ±0.9% (48,656  ±2,103.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.1% 3,017,250 (±0.1% / ±12,338.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

22.3% ±0.8% (60,494  ±2,666) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.1% 924,624 (±0.1% / ±8,550)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

5.1% ±0.4% (10,597  ±789) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 703,580 (±0.1% / ±4,808)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
10,597 Total veterans ±789 9,789 Male ±694 808 Female ±227

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