2022 population: 109,220 ( 7,418 from 2010 , 1,436 from 2020)
Land area: 672.5 square miles
Population density: 162.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	98,097	89.82%	7.6%
Black:	6,071	5.56%	8.3%
Indian:	188	0.17%	42.4%
Asian:	789	0.72%	6.5%
2+ races:	2,198	2.01%	35.8%
Hispanic:	1,877	1.72%	50.4%

Total non-White:	11,123	10.18%	6.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,316	10.5
Deaths:	3,899	17.6
Net Migration:	108	0.5
Net Immigration:	18	0.1

Change in White population:	-8,079	-6.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	661	0.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
116,638
106,176	91.03%
6,620	5.68%
132	0.11%
741	0.64%
1,618	1.39%
1,248	1.07%
10,462	8.97%

2000
120,293
111,507	92.70%
6,279	5.22%
113	0.09%
498	0.41%
1,008	0.84%
803	0.67%
8,786	7.30%

1990
121,003
114,233	94.41%
5,790	4.79%
130	0.11%
403	0.33%
n/a
447	0.37%
6,770	5.59%

1980
128,299
122,006	95.10%
5,453	4.25%
91	0.07%
326	0.25%
n/a
377	0.29%
6,293	4.90%

1970
127,175
121,561	95.59%
5,243	4.12%
47	0.04%
92	0.07%
n/a
193	0.15%
5,614	4.41%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
11,477	9.5
12,987	10.8
-2,251	-1.9
318	0.3

-5,331	-4.4
1,676	1.4

Number	Rate
1990's
14,026	11.6
13,671	11.3
-15	-0.0
56	0.0

-2,726	-2.3
2,016	1.7

Number	Rate
1980's
15,206	11.9
12,769	10.0
-9,458	-7.4
n/a

-7,773	-6.1
477	0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-5,125	-4.0
n/a

445	0.3
679	0.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Mercer County, PA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
45.0
20,973	19.2%
88,247	80.8%
24,777	22.7%

45,890
2.26

29,035	63.3%
21,759	74.9%
2,660	9.2%
16,855	36.7%

2010
Number	Percent
42.8
25,229	21.6%
91,409	78.4%
21,556	18.5%

46,442
2.37

30,744	66.2%
23,244	75.6%
3,005	9.8%
15,698	33.8%

2000
Number	Percent
39.4
28,184	23.4%
92,109	76.6%
21,732	18.1%

46,755
2.44

32,494	69.5%
25,924	79.8%
2,812	8.7%
14,261	30.5%

1990
Number	Percent
36.5
28,346	23.4%
92,657	76.6%
20,771	17.2%

45,676
2.53

33,619	73.6%
27,842	82.8%
2,392	7.1%
12,057	26.4%

1980
Number	Percent
32.2
34,317	26.7%
93,982	73.3%
16,667	13.0%

44,787
2.76

34,977	78.1%
30,429	87.0%
1,941	5.5%
9,810	21.9%

2022 Housing Data for Mercer County, PA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,347	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,415	5.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,339	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,381	5.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,558	5.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,260	4.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,966	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,996	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,868	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,659	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,452	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,824	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,752	10.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,559	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,718	5.9%
$200,000 or more	1,796	3.9%

Median Household Income	57,353
Per Capita Income	32,081

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	87
Compared to U.S.	80

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,651	8.0%
Public Assistance	1,723	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,115	17.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	44,078	66.2%
Unemployed	2,603	3.9%
In Armed Forces	213	0.3%

Total Labor Force	46,894	70.4%
Not in Labor Force	19,694	29.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	17,789	15,582	53.3%
Non-Profit	1,795	3,300	35.2%
Self-Employed	2,779	1,173	70.3%

Local Government	1,026	1,816	36.1%
State Government	797	907	46.8%
Federal Government	391	405	49.1%

Total Private + Self	20,568	16,755	55.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,009	6,428	38.4%
Total	24,577	23,183	51.5%

Pct. Govt.	11.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	5,493	11.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	10,013	20.9%
Professional, Technical	10,532	22.0%
Service Occupations	9,705	20.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	345	0.7%
All others	12,107	25.3%

White Collar		54.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	9,689	20.2%
Manufacturing	7,864	16.4%
Retail trade	5,631	11.8%
Educational services	4,197	8.8%
Accommodation and food services	3,278	6.9%
Construction	2,545	5.3%
Other services	2,179	4.6%
Public administration	1,927	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	1,865	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,818	3.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,701	3.6%
Finance and insurance	1,631	3.4%
Wholesale trade	1,003	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	557	1.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	538	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	522	1.1%
Information	365	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	267	0.6%
Utilities	263	0.5%
Management	10	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	347	0.31%
Puerto Rican	708	0.64%
Cuban	71	0.06%
Dominican	171	0.15%

Total Central American	58	0.05%
Costa Rican	3	0.00%
Guatemalan	45	0.04%
Honduran	8	0.01%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	2	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	88	0.08%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	11	0.01%
Ecuadorian	75	0.07%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	2	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	325	0.29%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	212	0.19%
Chinese	196	0.18%
Indian	143	0.13%
Korean	54	0.05%
Thai	53	0.05%
Vietnamese	39	0.04%
Indonesian	21	0.02%
Hmong	11	0.01%
Taiwanese	8	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	101,360	96.2%
German, other Germanic	1,951	1.9%
Spanish	880	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	331	0.3%
Other Indo-European	198	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	138	0.1%
Tagalog	117	0.1%
Other Asian	80	0.1%
Chinese	79	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	25,812	23.3%
Irish	16,882	15.3%
Italian	11,702	10.6%
English	10,818	9.8%
American	7,448	6.7%
Polish	5,743	5.2%
Scotch-Irish	2,679	2.4%
Slovak	2,634	2.4%
Scottish	2,400	2.2%
Dutch	2,019	1.8%
Hungarian	1,825	1.7%
Welsh	1,801	1.6%
European	1,318	1.2%
French	1,263	1.1%
Croatian	1,072	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	110,248	99.7%
Not a citizen	352	0.3%

Native	108,787	98.4%
Foreign-born	1,813	1.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,516	3.2%	4,977	6.3%	32,261	40.9%	20,154	25.5%	12,182	15.4%	6,839	8.7%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,516	3.2%
9-12 Years	4,977	6.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	32,261	40.9%
Some College	20,154	25.5%
Bach. Degree	12,182	15.4%
Grad Degree	6,839	8.7%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	53,615	50,666	2,949	5.5%	5.5%
1991	55,090	51,076	4,014	7.3%	6.9%
1992	56,373	51,315	5,058	9.0%	7.5%
1993	55,239	49,444	5,795	10.5%	6.9%
1994	55,261	51,360	3,901	7.1%	6.3%
1995	55,325	52,519	2,806	5.1%	5.9%
1996	56,326	53,746	2,580	4.6%	5.5%
1997	57,542	54,529	3,013	5.2%	5.1%
1998	58,456	55,949	2,507	4.3%	4.7%
1999	59,000	55,984	3,016	5.1%	4.5%

2000	56,822	53,961	2,861	5.0%	4.2%
2001	55,799	52,827	2,972	5.3%	4.8%
2002	55,516	52,395	3,121	5.6%	5.6%
2003	55,586	52,138	3,448	6.2%	5.7%
2004	55,179	51,701	3,478	6.3%	5.4%
2005	55,714	52,210	3,504	6.3%	5.0%
2006	55,411	52,285	3,126	5.6%	4.7%
2007	55,488	52,304	3,184	5.7%	4.6%
2008	55,709	51,961	3,748	6.7%	5.3%
2009	54,733	48,681	6,052	11.1%	8.0%

2010	53,432	48,497	4,935	9.2%	8.2%
2011	53,227	49,126	4,101	7.7%	7.8%
2012	53,825	49,847	3,978	7.4%	7.7%
2013	53,551	49,806	3,745	7.0%	7.1%
2014	53,015	49,868	3,147	5.9%	5.9%
2015	53,022	50,077	2,945	5.6%	5.4%
2016	52,607	49,502	3,105	5.9%	5.3%
2017	50,661	47,851	2,810	5.5%	5.0%
2018	49,952	47,516	2,436	4.9%	4.4%
2019	49,073	46,627	2,446	5.0%	4.5%

2020	48,048	43,397	4,651	9.7%	9.1%
2021	48,229	44,991	3,238	6.7%	6.0%
2022	47,778	45,389	2,389	5.0%	4.4%
2023	47,803	45,998	1,805	3.8%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	50,916
Median Value	$146,100

Occupied	45,890	90.1%
Vacant	5,026	9.9%

Owned	33,207	72.4%
Rented	12,683	27.6%
Median Rent	$761

Single-Family Units	39,177	76.9%
Detached	37,762	74.2%
Attached	1,415	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,389	8.6%
Mobile Homes	3,909	7.7%

Mercer County, PA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Mercer County, PA

2022 Housing Data for Mercer County, PA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Mercer County, PA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Mercer County, PA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Mercer County, PA

Historical Labor Force Data for Mercer County, PA