People QuickFacts	Chester	Pennsylvania
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	34,184	12,743,948
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	33,972	12,702,379
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	33,972	12,702,379
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.1%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	27.2%	22.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.4%	15.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.8%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	17.2%	81.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	74.7%	10.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	2.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.0%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	9.0%	5.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	15.1%	79.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	80.9%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.7%	5.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.1%	10.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	76.5%	87.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	9.4%	26.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,156	1,007,939
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.9	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	13,745	5,567,315
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	40.1%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	27.4%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$71,700	$163,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	11,917	4,952,566
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.61	2.47
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$14,646	$27,824
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$27,661	$51,651
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	32.3%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Chester	Pennsylvania
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,191	981,501
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.1%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	35.9%	27.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	234,840,418
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	114,262	142,859,202
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	94,547	166,842,778
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$2,574	$13,323
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	16,198	19,625,449

   	Geography QuickFacts	Chester	Pennsylvania
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4.84	44,742.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	7,020.5	283.9
 	FIPS Code    	13208	42
 	Counties    	Delaware County
 	

(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