Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Economic Profile
County Seat: Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA, 19102
County Homepage: www.phila.gov

Philadelphia County and Philadelphia City are often used interchangeably. That is because the city of Philadelphia represents the only municipality in Philadelphia County. As the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia combines the excitement of a major metropolis with the warmth of a friendly small town. Philadelphia embodies a network of neighborhoods whose people and landscapes vary both within and between the localities. Variety also extends into the regions’ schooling options. The large collection of private, parochial, and charter schools in Philadelphia give residents numerous choices when considering educational options. There’s no shortage of culture in this town — the Philadelphia Museum of Art contains one of the largest collections of art in America. And, history echoes within the city where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written.

Would you like more county data? You can download American Community Survey Data. Click on the tabs in the spreadsheet for the following information on:

• Social Characteristics in the Greater Philadelphia region, 2007 (Households by Type. Relationship, Martial Status, Fertility, Grandparents, School Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Veteran Status, Disability Status of the Civilian Non-institutionalized Population, Residence One Year Ago, Place of Birth, U.S. Citizenship Status, Year of Entry, World Region of Birth of Foreign Born, Language Spoken at Home and Ancestry)
• Selected Economic Characteristics, 2007 (Employment Status, Commuting to Work, Occupation, Industry, Class of Worker, Income and Benefits and Percentage of Families and People Whose Income in the past 12 Months is Below the Poverty Level)
• Selected Housing Characteristics, 2007 (Housing Occupancy, Units in Structure, Year Structure Built, Rooms, bedrooms, Housing Tenure, Year Householder Moved into Unit, Vehicles Available, House Heating Fuel, Occupants per Room, Value, Mortgage Status and Selected Monthly Owner Costs, Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Gross Rent and Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income)
• Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2007 (Sex and Age, Race and Hispanic or Latino and Race)