People QuickFacts Pennsylvania USA Population, 2011 estimate 12,742,886 311,591,917 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 12,702,379 308,745,538 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.3% 0.9% Population, 2010 12,702,379 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.7% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.7% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.6% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.2% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 83.8% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 11.3% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.9% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.9% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 79.2% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 87.4% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 5.6% 12.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 9.9% 20.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 87.4% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 26.4% 27.9% Veterans, 2006-2010 1,034,976 22,652,496 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 25.5 25.2  Housing units, 2011 5,579,275 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 71.0% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 20.7% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $159,300 $188,400 Households, 2006-2010 4,940,581 114,235,996 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.47 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $27,049 $27,334 Median household income 2006-2010 $50,398 $51,914 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 12.4% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts Pennsylvania USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 297,023 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 4,976,193 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -2.2 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 762,405 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 981,501 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.6% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.3% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.3% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.0% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 234,840,418 5,338,306,501 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 142,859,202 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 166,842,778 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,323 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 19,625,449 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 14,967 624,061     Geography QuickFacts Pennsylvania USA Land area in square miles, 2010 44,742.70 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 283.9 87.4 FIPS Code 42 (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts