Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Basics:
Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - Government Site
Population: 1,548,647
Area: 134 square miles
County seat: Philadelphia
Area code(s) in use: 215
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.2%
Median household income: $37,016
Persons in poverty: 26.2%
Home ownership rate: 54.1%
Mean travel time to work: 31.8 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Bucks Burlington (NJ) Camden (NJ) Chester Delaware Gloucester (NJ) Montgomery New Castle (DE)