Philadelphia County
County Population: 1,517,550
County Houses: 661,958
Land area: 135.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 7.5 sq. mi.
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social
services (26.0%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and
waste management services (10.5%), Retail trade (10.4%).
Races in Philadelphia County:
Black (43.2%)
White Non-Hispanic (42.5%)
Hispanic (8.5%)
Other race (4.8%)
Two or more races (2.2%)
Chinese (1.2%)
Other Asian (0.9%)
Asian Indian (0.8%)
Vietnamese (0.8%)
American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted
in other races) |
