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People QuickFacts	Pennsylvania	USA
Population, 2013 estimate	12,773,801	316,128,839
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base	12,702,379	308,747,716
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013	0.6%	2.4%
Population, 2010	12,702,379	308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013	5.6%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013	21.3%	23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013	16.4%	14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2013	51.1%	50.8%

White alone, percent, 2013 (a)	83.2%	77.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a)	11.5%	13.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 (a)	0.3%	1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a)	3.1%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a)	0.1%	0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013	1.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b)	6.3%	17.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013	78.4%	62.6%

Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012	87.8%	84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012	5.8%	12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012	10.2%	20.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012	88.3%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012	27.0%	28.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012	981,865	21,853,912
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012	25.8	25.4

Housing units, 2013	5,565,157	132,802,859
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012	70.1%	65.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012	20.6%	25.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012	$164,900	$181,400
Households, 2008-2012	4,959,633	115,226,802
Persons per household, 2008-2012	2.47	2.61
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012	$28,190	$28,051
Median household income, 2008-2012	$52,267	$53,046
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012	13.1%	14.9%

Business QuickFacts	Pennsylvania	USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012	296,872¹	7,431,808
Private nonfarm employment, 2012	5,169,196¹	115,938,468
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012	1.8%¹	2.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012	774,209	22,735,915

Total number of firms, 2007	981,501	27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	4.6%	7.1%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.3%	0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	3.2%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	2.3%	8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	27.0%	28.8%

Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)	234,840,418	5,319,456,312
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)	142,859,202	4,174,286,516
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)	166,842,778	3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007	$13,323	$12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)	19,625,449	613,795,732
Building permits, 2012	18,796	829,658

Geography QuickFacts	Pennsylvania	USA
Land area in square miles, 2010	44,742.70	3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile, 2010	283.9	87.4
FIPS Code	42

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 25 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits
Last Revised: Tuesday, 08-Jul-2014 06:37:34 EDT

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