People QuickFacts	Philadelphia County	Pennsylvania
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	1,547,607	12,763,536
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	1,526,006	12,702,379
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.4%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	1,526,006	12,702,379
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.8%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.5%	21.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	12.1%	15.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	52.8%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	45.9%	83.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	44.3%	11.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.8%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	6.6%	2.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.3%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	12.6%	5.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	37.0%	79.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.9%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	11.6%	5.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	21.0%	10.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.0%	87.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	22.6%	26.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	81,568	1,007,939
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	31.5	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	670,254	5,579,275
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	54.9%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	32.8%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$140,700	$163,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	578,125	4,952,566
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.53	2.47
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,671	$27,824
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,957	$51,651
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	25.6%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Philadelphia County	Pennsylvania
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	26,933	297,023
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	570,612	4,976,193
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-5.9	-2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	73,911	762,405 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	88,140	981,501
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	22.5%	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.6%	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.6%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.8%	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	31.8%	27.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	18,069,415	234,840,418
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,566,105	142,859,202
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,167,787	166,842,778
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,299	$13,323
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,051,401	19,625,449
 	Building permits, 2011     	1,552	14,967

   	Geography QuickFacts	Philadelphia County	Pennsylvania
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	134.10	44,742.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	11,379.5	283.9
 	FIPS Code    	101	42
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area	 

(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