Chester, Pennsylvania county Neighborhood Info

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Chester, Pennsylvania county QuickFacts

	Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
Total population	433,501	281,421,906
State	Pennsylvania
County	CHESTER

Chester, Pennsylvania county Population

	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
Male	212,739	49.07%	49.06%
Female	220,762	50.93%	50.94%
Median age (years)	36.9		35.3

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	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
18 years and over	319,919	73.8%	74.31%
21 years and over	303,976	70.12%	69.97%
62 years and over	59,899	13.82%	14.66%
65 years and over	50,677	11.69%	12.43%

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	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
White	386,745	89.21%	75.14%
Black or African American	27,040	6.24%	12.32%
Asian	8,468	1.95%	3.64%
Some other race	6,637	1.53%	5.46%
Two or more races	4,611	1.06%	2.43%

Chester, Pennsylvania county Housing

	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
Total households	157,905		105,480,101
Family households (families)	113,303	71.75%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	44,602	28.25%	31.94%

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	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
Total housing units	163,773		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	5,868	3.58%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	157,905	96.42%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	120,428	73.53%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	37,477	22.88%	30.77%

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	Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	871	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	10,200	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	25,313	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	24,646	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	26,969	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	14,268	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	3,549	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	438	0.57%
Median (dollars)	182,500	119,600

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	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	24,756	15.68%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	44,340	28.08%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	26,886	17.03%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	30,466	19.29%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	15,972	10.11%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	15,485	9.81%	9.65%

Chester, Pennsylvania county Education

	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	119,787		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	9,939	8.3%	6.47%
Kindergarten	6,410	5.35%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	53,831	44.94%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	24,477	20.43%	21.38%
College or graduate school	25,130	20.98%	22.81%

Chester, Pennsylvania county Economy

	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
Population 16 years and over	332,513		217,168,077
In labor force	229,631	69.06%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	229,469	69.01%	63.39%
- - Employed	221,255	66.54%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	8,214	2.47%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	3.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	162	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	102,882	30.94%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	171,865	51.69%	51.66%
In labor force	104,241	31.35%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	104,219	31.34%	29.65%
- - Employed	100,871	30.34%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	34,315	10.32%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	18,987		12,787,501

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	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	158,025		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	6,634	4.2%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,277	3.34%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	11,213	7.1%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	14,069	8.9%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	21,084	13.34%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	32,407	20.51%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	24,098	15.25%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	24,851	15.73%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,853	5.6%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	9,539	6.04%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	65,295		41,994

	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
With earnings	135,283	40.69%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	83,314		56,604
With Social Security income	36,642	11.02%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,950		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	3,194	0.96%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,234		6,320
With public assistance income	1,935	0.58%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,068		3,032
With retirement income	26,575	7.99%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	20,016		17,376

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