Chester, Pennsylvania Demographics

Chester is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Chester is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Chester is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Chester is 11th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Income below poverty line

Chester is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Chester is 15th in Pennsylvania out of 196 other cities in Current population (2012)

Chester is 15th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Housing units

Chester is 16th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Chester is 18th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Households

Size Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	34,031	15th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.8	62nd	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	7,020.5	29th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	8.1%	14th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.2%	16th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.4%	236th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.5%	250th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.4%	253rd	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	17.2%	254th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	74.7%	3rd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	9th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	197th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	59th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	32nd	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	255th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	52.8%	80th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.7%	126th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	13,745	15th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.4%	147th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	11,917	18th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	40.1%	244th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$71,700	233rd	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	35th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$14,646	251st	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$27,661	246th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	32.3%	11th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Chester	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,191	51st	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$94,547	112th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,574	179th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$16,198	73rd	$19,625,449	$613,795,732