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  The population of Philadelphia county is estimated at 1,574,765 where 1,123,711 speak English exclusively and 21,048 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 21,776 births and 15,026 deaths in Philadelphia county. Philadelphia county has 211,730 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 112,806 that are owned free and clear and 275,200 that are renter occupied.


  The upstanding residents of Philadelphia County filed 673,540 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 10.9% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.452% of the entire nation. Philadelphia had an incredible combined total federal tax liability of $5,879,828,000 on earned income of $34,306,853,000. Other notable statistics from Philadelphia County were 32,950 unemployment claims which collected a total of $166,518,000 and 138,170 charitable contributions valued at $723,078,000. 125,870 filings from Philadelphia County paid a combined total of $384,391,000 in property taxes and 112,620 filings paid $748,155,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Philadelphia county had 1,292 religious congregations with an estimated 744,268 members.

27.1% of the Philadelphia population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 43% of Philadelphia County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 26,629 votes.

At $40,193 the median income is 67.9% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 43,980 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Philadelphia, the equivalant of around 6.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.8%.


Top 15 Industries in Philadelphia County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
152,972Health care and social assistance
53,746General medical and surgical hospitals
53,533Accommodation and food services
53,423Hospitals
50,185Retail trade
47,158Professional, scientific, and technical services
45,731Food services and drinking places
38,784Finance and insurance
35,851Ambulatory health care services
35,157Restaurants and other eating places
35,068Social assistance
26,053Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
25,284Administrative and support services
24,691Individual and family services
24,174Transportation and warehousing


In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.67% in Philadelphia County (averaging across 39 zip codes a sample of which are; 19106, 19103, 19146 and 19145).

In 2018 16.67% of listings in Philadelphia County (averaging across 45 zip codes a sample of which are; 19137, 19120, 19149 and 19148) dropped their price.


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