- State:PennsylvaniaCounty:Philadelphia CountyZips:19101,19105,19160,19176,19181,19192,19108,19112,19109,19110,19126,19129,19137,19150,19127,19138,19153,19142,19151,19133,19121,19122,19119,19154,19118,19132,19128,19152,19135,19149,19114,19141,19136,19116,19131,19115,19139,19125,19143,19130,19120,19146,19145,19123,19144,19111,19148,19124,19134,19140,19147,19106,19102,19104,19107,19103Coordinates:40.00763607152962, -75.13394488611844Area total:142.70 sq. mi., 369.59 sq. km, 91326.72 acresArea land:134.28 sq. mi., 347.78 sq. km, 85938.56 acresArea water:8.42 sq. mi., 21.81 sq. km, 5388.16 acresEstablished:1682Capital seat:
Philadelphia
Address: 1 Penn Square East
City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107-2724
Governing Body: City Council with 17 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Population:1,603,797; Population change: 5.10% (2010 - 2020)Population density:11,937 persons per square mileHousehold income:$36,699Households:563,667Unemployment rate:12.40% per 723,938 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.00%Income taxes:7.33%GDP:$109.24 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Philadelphia County's population of Pennsylvania of 1,950,961 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,82-fold to 1,603,797 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 53.10% female residents and 46.90% male residents live in as of 2020, 41.54% in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 58.46% are single population.
As of 2020, 41.54% in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 58.46% are single population.
- Housing units:726,797 residential units of which 90.54% share occupied residential units.
34 minutes is the average time that residents in Philadelphia County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
49.22% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.82% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 25.44% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.93% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 51.35% are owner-occupied homes, another 35.75% are rented apartments, and the remaining 12.90% are vacant.
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The 50.82% of the population in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 16.330%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 83.010%) of those eligible to vote in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
