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Population (year 2000): 1,517,550. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,463,281 (-3.6% change)
Males: 705,107 (46.5%), Females: 812,443 (53.5%)
Philadelphia County
Zip codes: 19102, 19103, 19104, 19106, 19107,
19108, 19111, 19112, 19113, 19114, 19115, 19116, 19118, 19119,
19120, 19121, 19122, 19123, 19124, 19125, 19126, 19127, 19128,
19129, 19130, 19131, 19132, 19133, 19134, 19135, 19136, 19137,
19138, 19139, 19140, 19141, 19142, 19143, 19144, 19145, 19146,
19147, 19148, 19149, 19150, 19151, 19152, 19153, 19154.
Median resident age: 34.2 years
Median household income: $30,746 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,700 (year 2000)
Races in Philadelphia:
- 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)
Ancestries: Irish (13.6%), Italian (9.2%),
German (8.1%), Polish (4.3%), English (2.9%), United States
(1.8%).
Elevation: 40 feet
Land area: 135.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Philadelphia
- High school or higher: 71.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
- Unemployed: 10.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 32.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Philadelphia city
- Never married: 40.8%
- Now married: 36.8%
- Separated: 4.4%
- Widowed: 9.4%
- Divorced: 8.6%
9.0% Foreign born (3.5% Asia, 2.7% Europe, 2.1%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -63,790 (-4.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Philadelphia:
- ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER (YORK & TABOR
RDS)
- BELMONT CENTER FOR COMPREHENSIVE TREAT (4200
MONUMENT AVENUE)
- CHESTNUT HILL HOSPITAL (8835 GERMANTOWN AVE)
- CHESTNUT HILL REHAB HOSP (8601 STENTON AVE)
- CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (34TH ST
& CIVIC CENTER BLVD)
- FAIRMOUNT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM (561
FAIRTHORNE AVENUE)
- FRANKFORD HOSPITAL (RED LION KNIGHTS RDS)
- FRIENDS HOSPITAL (4641 ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD)
- GIRARD MEDICAL CENTER (EIGHTH STREET AND
GIRARD AVENUE)
- HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (230 NORTH
BROAD STREET)
- HOSPITAL OF THE FOX CHASE CANCER CENTE (7701
BURHOLME AVENUE)
- HOSPITAL OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA (34TH &
SPRUCE STS)
- JEANES HOSPITAL (7600 CENTRAL AVE)
- KENSINGTON HOSPITAL (136 W DIAMOND STREET)
- KINDRED HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA (6129 PALMETTO
STREET)
- KIRKBRIDE CENTER (111 N 49TH ST)
- MAGEE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (SIX FRANKLIN
PLAZA)
- NAZARETH HOSPITAL (2601 HOLME AVE)
- PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,THE (800 SPRUCE STS)
- PRESBYTERIAN-U OF PA MEDICAL CENTER (51 NORTH
39TH STREET)
- ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (5800 RIDGE
AVENUE)
- ST AGNES MEDICAL CENTER (1900 S BROAD ST)
- ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN (3601
A STREET)
- ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL (16TH STREET & GIRARD
AVENUE)
- TEMPLE EAST INC (FRANKFORD AVE & PALMER
STREET)
- TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CHILDREN'S MED CNTR (3509
NORTH BROAD STREET)
- TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (3401 N BROAD ST
400 CARNELL HALL)
- THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (10TH
AND WALNUT STREET)
- WILLS EYE HOSPITAL (9TH WALNUT ST)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Philadelphia:
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 11 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 31 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
- MC GUIRE AFB (about 39 miles; WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ; ID:
WRI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Philadelphia:
- PENN'S LANDING (about 5 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID:
P72)
- NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (about 12 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PNE)
- WINGS FIELD (about 12 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID:
LOM)
Amtrak stations:
- PHILADELPHIA (30TH & MARKET STS.). Services: ticket
office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting
area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar,
ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking,
car rental agency, taxi stand, public transit
connection.
- NORTH PHILADELPHIA (2900 N. BROAD ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid
short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
Biggest Colleges/Universities in Philadelphia:
- TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment:
23,007; Location: 1801 N. BROAD STREET; Public; Website:
WWW.TEMPLE.EDU; Offers Doctor's degree)
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (FT enrollment:
19,324; Location: 1 COLLEGE HALL 34TH AND SPRUCE STS;
Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.upenn.edu; Offers
Doctor's degree)
- DREXEL UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment: 10,823;
Location: 3141 CHESTNUT ST; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.drexel.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA (FT
enrollment: 8,794; Location: 1700 SPRING GARDEN ST;
Public; Website: www.ccp.cc.pa.us)
- SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment:
5,115; Location: 5600 CITY AVE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.sju.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- LA SALLE UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment: 4,176;
Location: 1900 W OLNEY AVE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.lasalle.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment:
2,714; Location: SCHOOLHOUSE LN AND HENRY AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.philau.edu/registrar;
Offers Master's degree)
- MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment:
2,198; Location: 245 N 15TH ST; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.mcphu.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA (FT enrollment:
2,138; Location: 1622 CHESTNUT STREET; Private,
for-profit)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (FT enrollment:
1,980; Location: 320 S BROAD ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.uarts.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
- THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment:
1,836; Location: 1020 WALNUT ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Offers Doctor's degree)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES IN PHILADELPHIA
(FT enrollment: 1,783; Location: 600 S 43RD ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.usip.edu; Offers Doctor's
degree)
- HOLY FAMILY COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,663;
Location: GRANT AND FRANKFORD AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Offers Master's degree)
- PEIRCE COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,440;
Location: 1420 PINE ST; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.peirce.edu)
- PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
(FT enrollment: 1,386; Location: 4170 CITY AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Offers Doctor's degree)
- DPT BUSINESS SCHOOL (FT enrollment: 1,126;
Location: 11000 ROOSEVELT BLVD STE 200; Private,
for-profit; Website: www.dptschool.com)
- CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,012;
Location: 9601 GERMANTOWN AVE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: WWW.CHC.EDU; Offers Doctor's degree)
- RESTAURANT SCHOOL (FT enrollment: 504;
Location: 4207 WALNUT ST; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.therestaurantschool.com)
- MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (FT
enrollment: 472; Location: 20TH AND THE PARKWAY;
Private, not-for-profit; Website: moore.edu)
- THOMPSON INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 411;
Location: 3440 MARKET ST; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.thompsoninstitute.org)
Biggest public high schools in Philadelphia:
- NORTHEAST HS (Students: 3,468; Grades: 09 -
12)
- WASHINGTON GEORGE HS (Students: 2,700;
Grades: 09 - 12)
- EDISON HS/FAREIRA SKILLS (Students: 2,578;
Grades: 09 - 12)
- LINCOLN HS (Students: 2,472; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CENTRAL HS (Students: 2,385; Grades: 09 - 12)
- OLNEY HS (Students: 2,333; Grades: 09 - 12)
- BARTRAM JOHN MAIN & BUSINESS (Students:
2,114; Grades: 09 - 12)
- FRANKFORD HS (Students: 2,026; Grades: 09 -
12)
- GRATZ SIMON HS (Students: 2,001; Grades: 09 -
12)
- OVERBROOK HS (Students: 1,998; Grades: 09 -
12)
Biggest private high schools in Philadelphia:
- ABP RYAN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,521;
Location: 11201 ACADEMY ROAD; Grades: 9 - 12)
- FATHER JUDGE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,376;
Location: 3301 SOLLY AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys only)
- ST HUBERTS HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIR (Students:
1,238; Location: 7320 TORRESDALE AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12;
Girls only)
- CARDINAL DOUGHERTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,081; Location: 6301 N 2ND STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
- ST JOSEPH'S PREP SCHOOL (Students: 931;
Location: 1733 W GIRARD AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys
only)
- GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL (Students: 900;
Location: 31 WEST COULTER STREET; Grades: KG - 12)
- ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR (Students:
872; Location: 301 NORTH BROAD ST; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys
only)
- CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 864;
Location: 13500 PHILMONT AVE; Grades: PK - 12)
- WEST PHILADELPHIA CATHOLIC HIG (Students:
854; Location: 4501 CHESTNUT STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
- NORTHEAST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
841; Location: 1842 EAST TORRESDALE AVE; Grades: 9 - 12;
Boys only)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Philadelphia:
- LAMBERTON ROBERT E SCH (Students: 1,507;
Grades: KG - 12)
- CLEMENTE ROBERTO MS (Students: 1,317; Grades:
05 - 08)
- EDMUNDS HENRY R SCH (Students: 1,293; Grades:
KG - 08)
- SPRUANCE GILBERT SCH (Students: 1,282;
Grades: KG - 08)
- COMMUNITY EDUCATION PARTNERS (Students:
1,270; Grades: 06 - 12)
- WILSON WOODROW MS (Students: 1,249; Grades:
06 - 08)
- WASHINGTON GROVER JR SCH (Students: 1,245;
Grades: 05 - 08)
- HARDING WARREN G MS (Students: 1,237; Grades:
06 - 08)
- ELKIN LEWIS SCH (Students: 1,221; Grades: KG
- 04)
- TILDEN WILLIAM T MS (Students: 1,212; Grades:
05 - 08)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Philadelphia:
- ST MATTHEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
1,271; Location: 3040 COTTMAN AVENUE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST MARTIN OF TOURS SCHOOL (Students: 1,240;
Location: ROOSEVELT & SANGER; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST TIMOTHY (Students: 1,096; Location: 3033
LEVICK ST; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST CECILIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 991;
Location: 525 RHAWN STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- OUR LADY OF CALVARY SCHOOL (Students: 970;
Location: 11023 KIPLING LANE; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST CHRISTOPHER ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 942;
Location: 13305 PROCTOR ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST WILLIAM (Students: 926; Location: 6238
RISING SUN AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST BERNARD SCHOOL (Students: 904; Location:
7360 JACKSON STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD SCHOO (Students:
896; Location: 2020 SHILMIRE AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST ANSELM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 861;
Location: 12670 DUNKS FERRY ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Philadelphia:
- FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA (Operating
income: $65,973,434; Location: 1901 VINE ST; 4,968,698
books; 1,108,928 audio materials; 147,472 video
materials; 15,938 serial subscriptions)
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