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People QuickFacts | Chester | Pennsylvania
Population, 2012 estimate | 34,031 | 12,764,475
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 33,972 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.2% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 33,972 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.1% | 5.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 27.2% | 22.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.4% | 15.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.8% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 17.2% | 81.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 74.7% | 10.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.0% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 9.0% | 5.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 15.1% | 79.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 81.2% | 87.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.0% | 5.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 9.7% | 10.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 78.4% | 88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 9.8% | 27.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,046 | 981,865
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.3 | 25.8
Housing units, 2010 | 13,745 | 5,567,315
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 38.5% | 70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 28.6% | 20.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $73,400 | $164,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 11,928 | 4,959,633
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.58 | 2.47
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $15,445 | $28,190
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $27,546 | $52,267
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 31.4% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Chester | Pennsylvania
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,191 | 981,501
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.1% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 35.9% | 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 234,840,418
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 114,262 | 142,859,202
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 94,547 | 166,842,778
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $2,574 | $13,323
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 16,198 | 19,625,449
Geography QuickFacts | Chester | Pennsylvania
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.84 | 44,742.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 7,020.5 | 283.9
FIPS Code | 13208 | 42
Counties | Delaware County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts