2022 population: 6,241,164 ( 275,821 from 2010 , 3,885 from 2020)
Land area: 4603.2 square miles
Population density: 1355.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,741,178	59.94%	3.5%
Black:	1,271,448	20.37%	5.6%
Indian:	10,150	0.16%	6.4%
Asian:	422,553	6.77%	43.1%
2+ races:	135,264	2.17%	33.5%
Hispanic:	660,571	10.58%	41.1%

Total non-White:	2,499,986	40.06%	19.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	149,893	12.0
Deaths:	149,251	11.9
Net Migration:	-31,000	-2.5
Net Immigration:	23,497	1.9

Change in White population:	-134,667	-2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	410,488	6.9

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
5,965,343
3,875,845	64.97%
1,204,303	20.19%
9,541	0.16%
295,219	4.95%
101,296	1.70%
468,168	7.85%
2,089,498	35.03%

2000
5,687,147
4,016,396	70.62%
1,111,142	19.54%
8,534	0.15%
186,337	3.28%
70,909	1.25%
286,205	5.03%
1,670,751	29.38%

1990
5,435,468
4,133,579	76.05%
1,002,614	18.45%
9,247	0.17%
112,483	2.07%
n/a
177,545	3.27%
1,301,889	23.95%

1980
5,240,039
4,103,274	78.31%
947,891	18.09%
5,002	0.10%
53,028	1.01%
n/a
125,889	2.40%
1,136,765	21.69%

1970
5,317,407
4,314,819	81.15%
891,463	16.76%
3,836	0.07%
15,220	0.29%
n/a
80,497	1.51%
1,002,588	18.85%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
701,530	12.3
493,781	8.7
-115,890	-2.0
127,055	2.2

-140,551	-2.5
418,747	7.4

Number	Rate
1990's
794,319	14.6
531,699	9.8
-277,399	-5.1
110,969	2.0

-117,183	-2.2
368,862	6.8

Number	Rate
1980's
805,875	15.4
517,593	9.9
-50,848	-1.0
n/a

30,305	0.6
165,124	3.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-420,535	-7.9
n/a

-211,545	-4.0
134,177	2.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

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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
39.2
1,336,644	21.4%
4,904,520	78.6%
1,027,181	16.5%

2,419,824
2.51

1,542,076	63.7%
1,090,894	70.7%
163,044	10.6%
877,748	36.3%

2010
Number	Percent
38.0
1,390,882	23.3%
4,574,461	76.7%
792,484	13.3%

2,260,312
2.56

1,489,044	65.9%
1,045,100	70.2%
170,434	11.4%
771,268	34.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.2
1,440,397	25.3%
4,246,750	74.7%
759,779	13.4%

2,135,418
2.58

1,449,738	67.9%
1,066,705	73.6%
158,883	11.0%
685,680	32.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.7
1,326,099	24.4%
4,109,369	75.6%
722,518	13.3%

1,987,588
2.66

1,402,921	70.6%
1,074,036	76.6%
126,498	9.0%
584,667	29.4%

1980
Number	Percent
31.4
1,428,196	27.3%
3,811,843	72.7%
601,694	11.5%

1,820,925
2.81

1,345,987	73.9%
1,061,889	78.9%
128,442	9.5%
474,938	26.1%

2022 Housing Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	123,124	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	84,787	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	71,082	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	77,711	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	78,244	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	78,146	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	74,304	3.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	71,852	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	75,096	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	146,049	6.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	200,425	8.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	293,450	12.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	242,822	10.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	186,276	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	250,103	10.3%
$200,000 or more	366,353	15.1%

Median Household Income	87,443
Per Capita Income	46,798

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	103

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	137,737	5.7%
Public Assistance	78,161	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	338,051	14.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,631,312	72.7%
Unemployed	169,551	4.7%
In Armed Forces	9,102	0.3%

Total Labor Force	2,809,965	77.6%
Not in Labor Force	809,662	22.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,129,416	983,538	53.5%
Non-Profit	125,553	239,269	34.4%
Self-Employed	160,943	90,200	64.1%

Local Government	83,719	122,107	40.7%
State Government	44,719	54,017	45.3%
Federal Government	41,135	31,036	57.0%

Total Private + Self	1,290,359	1,073,738	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	295,126	446,429	39.8%
Total	1,585,485	1,520,167	51.1%

Pct. Govt.	12.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	589,076	18.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	630,802	20.3%
Professional, Technical	862,116	27.7%
Service Occupations	496,188	16.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,569	0.2%
All others	532,695	17.1%

White Collar		66.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	519,369	70.5%
Educational services	326,281	44.3%
Retail trade	322,305	43.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	288,181	39.1%
Manufacturing	268,935	36.5%
Finance and insurance	205,361	27.9%
Construction	172,562	23.4%
Accommodation and food services	169,947	23.1%
Transportation and warehousing	146,928	19.9%
Public administration	138,531	18.8%
Other services	136,001	18.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	117,953	16.0%
Wholesale trade	77,449	10.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	60,716	8.2%
Information	58,899	8.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	55,020	7.5%
Utilities	24,327	3.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	14,180	1.9%
Management	5,911	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,021	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	120,182	1.93%
Puerto Rican	284,953	4.57%
Cuban	15,956	0.26%
Dominican	69,451	1.11%

Total Central American	51,641	0.83%
Costa Rican	4,457	0.07%
Guatemalan	14,665	0.24%
Honduran	11,851	0.19%
Nicaraguan	4,337	0.07%
Panamanian	3,793	0.06%
Salvadoran	12,451	0.20%
Other Central American	87	0.00%

Total South American	53,998	0.87%
Argentinean	6,308	0.10%
Bolivian	1,478	0.02%
Chilean	2,917	0.05%
Colombian	18,325	0.29%
Ecuadorian	11,506	0.18%
Paraguayan	489	0.01%
Peruvian	6,241	0.10%
Uruguayan	909	0.01%
Venezuelan	5,489	0.09%
Other South American	336	0.01%

Other Hispanic	37,139	0.60%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	136,829	2.20%
Chinese	90,193	1.45%
Vietnamese	33,677	0.54%
Korean	32,385	0.52%
Filipino	26,437	0.42%
Cambodian	13,545	0.22%
Bangladeshi	6,730	0.11%
Taiwanese	3,887	0.06%
Japanese	3,747	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,911,261	83.4%
Spanish	404,850	6.9%
Other Indo-European	148,717	2.5%
Chinese	78,095	1.3%
Other Asian	71,886	1.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	60,188	1.0%
Other	47,054	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	43,717	0.7%
Vietnamese	28,953	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	1,067,957	17.1%
German	863,073	13.8%
Italian	765,289	12.3%
English	476,322	7.6%
Polish	286,982	4.6%
American	197,661	3.2%
Russian	88,065	1.4%
Scottish	77,668	1.2%
French	73,449	1.2%
European	66,924	1.1%
Ukrainian	56,932	0.9%
African	51,138	0.8%
Welsh	45,142	0.7%
Dutch	40,987	0.7%
Hungarian	37,528	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,929,743	95.1%
Not a citizen	303,151	4.9%

Native	5,524,898	88.6%
Foreign-born	707,996	11.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
133,734	3.1%	221,655	5.1%	1,188,873	27.5%	1,025,925	23.7%	1,026,594	23.7%	729,964	16.9%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	133,734	3.1%
9-12 Years	221,655	5.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,188,873	27.5%
Some College	1,025,925	23.7%
Bach. Degree	1,026,594	23.7%
Grad Degree	729,964	16.9%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	5,495,316	5,219,786	275,530	5.0%
1991	5,513,408	5,129,758	383,650	7.0%
1992	5,497,102	5,078,532	418,570	7.6%
1993	5,469,734	5,096,144	373,590	6.8%
1994	5,482,712	5,149,544	333,168	6.1%
1995	5,483,548	5,169,288	314,260	5.7%
1996	5,577,484	5,273,262	304,222	5.5%
1997	5,656,820	5,384,546	272,274	4.8%
1998	5,692,646	5,448,842	243,804	4.3%
1999	5,732,550	5,498,724	233,826	4.1%

2000	5,699,450	5,476,054	223,396	3.9%
2001	5,752,114	5,502,498	249,616	4.3%
2002	5,786,652	5,477,080	309,572	5.3%
2003	5,754,400	5,439,440	314,960	5.5%
2004	5,779,156	5,485,026	294,130	5.1%
2005	5,836,292	5,556,848	279,444	4.8%
2006	5,902,018	5,630,174	271,844	4.6%
2007	5,923,386	5,661,944	261,442	4.4%
2008	6,009,604	5,688,334	321,270	5.3%
2009	5,992,866	5,499,304	493,562	8.2%

2010	6,031,548	5,508,792	522,756	8.7%
2011	6,044,178	5,537,024	507,154	8.4%
2012	6,083,966	5,577,870	506,096	8.3%
2013	6,052,306	5,590,778	461,528	7.6%
2014	6,036,722	5,659,178	377,544	6.3%
2015	6,092,306	5,759,646	332,660	5.5%
2016	6,152,270	5,842,264	310,006	5.0%
2017	6,158,966	5,865,628	293,338	4.8%
2018	6,174,936	5,911,332	263,604	4.3%
2019	6,274,428	6,015,892	258,536	4.1%

2020	6,205,338	5,636,532	568,806	9.2%
2021	6,338,224	5,951,208	387,016	6.1%
2022	6,430,226	6,165,030	265,196	4.1%
2023	6,511,186	6,275,840	235,346	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,590,451
Median Value	$300,512

Occupied	2,419,824	93.4%
Vacant	170,627	6.6%

Owned	1,618,790	66.9%
Rented	801,034	33.1%
Median Rent	$1,375

Single-Family Units	1,905,003	73.5%
Detached	1,135,212	43.8%
Attached	769,791	29.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	440,205	17.0%
Mobile Homes	28,887	1.1%

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area