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Pennsylvania At A Glance
Last Updated August 15, 2005
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The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 46,055 square miles
- Population in 2000: 12,281,054; 77.0% urban; 23.0% rural
- Population in 1990: 11,881,643
- Population Change: Up
3.4% 1990-2000; Up
0.1% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 6th of 50; 4.4% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Philadelphia (1,479,339);
Pittsburgh (325,337);
Allentown (105,958);
Erie (101,373);
Reading (80,305)
- Registered Voters:
3,985,486 D
(47.6%);
3,405,278 R
(40.7%);
975,899 unaffiliated and minor parties
(11.7%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 30 R 20 D
- State House: 110 R 93 D
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
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The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
10,322,455 (84.1%) white;
1,202,437 (9.8%) black;
218,296 (1.8%) Asian;
14,904 (0.1%) American Indian;
2,691 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
113,097 (0.9%) two-plus races;
13,086 (0.1%) other;
394,088 (3.2%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
18.6% German,
11.8% Irish,
8.5% Italian,
5.8% English,
4.9% Polish
- State Natives: 77.7% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 2.0% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 89.2% English;
5.4% Other Eur.;
3.7% Spanish
- Education:
81.9% high school graduates;
22.4% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
1,280,788 (13.7%);
WWII: (25.7%);
Korea: (15.2%);
Vietnam: (28.7%);
First Gulf War: (6.8%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
1.3% agriculture;
6.0% construction;
6.6% finance;
2.6% information;
21.4% manufacturing;
30.4% professional;
4.2% public administration;
15.7% trade;
11.9% other
- Work Force: 25.2% blue collar; 59.5% white collar; 15.3% gray collar
- Work Sector: 82.4% private; 11.3% government; 6.0% self-employed; 0.3% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 0.3% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$40,106
- 11.0% are below the poverty line
- 16.7% less than $15,000
- 27.0% $15-35,000
- 16.9% $35-50,000
- 29.0% $50-100,000
- 6.6% $100-150,000
- 3.7% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $94,800
- 17.9% less than $50,000
- 36.0% $50-100,000
- 34.4% $100-200,000
- 7.4% $200-300,000
- 3.1% $300-500,000
- 1.2% more than $500,000
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
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