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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania QuickFacts

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
Total population	1,517,550	281,421,906
State	Pennsylvania
City	philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Population

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
Male	705,107	46.46%	49.06%
Female	812,443	53.54%	50.94%
Median age (years)	34.2		35.3

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	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
18 years and over	1,134,081	74.73%	74.31%
21 years and over	1,058,316	69.74%	69.97%
62 years and over	247,867	16.33%	14.66%
65 years and over	213,722	14.08%	12.43%

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	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
White	683,267	45.02%	75.14%
Black or African American	655,824	43.22%	12.32%
Asian	67,654	4.46%	3.64%
Some other race	77,231	5.09%	5.46%
Two or more races	33,574	2.21%	2.43%

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Housing

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
Total households	590,071		105,480,101
Family households (families)	352,331	59.71%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	237,740	40.29%	31.94%

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	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
Total housing units	661,958		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	71,887	10.86%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	590,071	89.14%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	349,633	52.82%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	240,438	36.32%	30.77%

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	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	121,090	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	146,820	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	30,495	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,137	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	4,360	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	2,036	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,191	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	308	0.57%
Median (dollars)	59,700	119,600

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	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	98,296	16.66%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	146,083	24.76%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	80,904	13.71%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	90,143	15.28%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	69,472	11.77%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	105,173	17.82%	9.65%

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Education

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	440,307		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	26,132	5.93%	6.47%
Kindergarten	20,916	4.75%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	181,196	41.15%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	96,392	21.89%	21.38%
College or graduate school	115,671	26.27%	22.81%

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Economy

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,174,798		217,168,077
In labor force	656,935	55.92%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	656,539	55.89%	63.39%
- - Employed	584,957	49.79%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	71,582	6.09%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	396	0.03%	0.53%
Not in labor force	517,863	44.08%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	644,826	54.89%	51.66%
In labor force	336,029	28.6%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	335,877	28.59%	29.65%
- - Employed	300,342	25.57%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	106,169	9.04%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	62,708		12,787,501

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	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	590,283		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	109,237	18.51%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	49,035	8.31%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	89,059	15.09%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	79,532	13.47%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	91,683	15.53%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	92,326	15.64%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	42,495	7.2%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	25,092	4.25%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,639	0.96%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6,185	1.05%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	30,746		41,994

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	%, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States
With earnings	423,937	36.09%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	44,963		56,604
With Social Security income	168,488	14.34%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,404		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	46,740	3.98%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,529		6,320
With public assistance income	51,528	4.39%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,091		3,032
With retirement income	102,894	8.76%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,751		17,376

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