Philadelphia, Pennsylvania population is 1,574,281 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #6 nationally and #1 in Pennsylvania. Cost of living runs 2.6% above the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $70,907/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
1,574,281
+1,546 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 102.6
+2.6% vs US
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$70,907/yr
−11% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$61,953
−20% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$243,100
−20% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,810/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
87°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
82%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore Philadelphia, PA demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in Philadelphia?
1,574,281 people live in Philadelphia as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #6 largest U.S. city.
How big is Philadelphia?
Philadelphia covers 134.3 square miles of land and 8.1 square miles of water. Its population density is about 11,720 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population shrank 1.8% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 1,603,800 → 2025: 1,574,281 (-1.8%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
1,603,800
April 1, 2020
2020
1,600,737
July 1, 2020
2021
1,590,224
July 1, 2021
2022
1,572,341
July 1, 2022
2023
1,565,822
July 1, 2023
2024
1,572,735
July 1, 2024
2025
1,574,281
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 3.6% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Philadelphia is the #6 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #1 in Pennsylvania.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
1,603,800
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
-29,519
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
-1.8%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+1,546
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.1%
within V2025 only
Density
11,720
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
134.3
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#6
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#1
of 1,014 in Pennsylvania
What is the median household income in Philadelphia?
Median household income is 20% below the U.S. median ($61,953 vs $77,719); 21.4% live in poverty — 8.9 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$61,953
US
Philadelphia: $61,953 — 20% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Philadelphia
$61,953
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Philadelphia from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
61,953-20.3% vs US
±919
Per capita income
38,905-10.1% vs US
±546
Population in poverty
21.4%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 20% below the U.S. median ($243,100 vs $303,400); median rent is 4% above ($1,397 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio (3.9×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (3.9×).
Median home value$243,100
US
Philadelphia: $243,100 — 20% below the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,810/mo
US
Philadelphia: $1,810/mo — 68% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Philadelphia. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
4.5%
Philadelphia (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
786,034
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
18.4%+31.3% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Philadelphia sits in Philadelphia County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Philadelphia County
19.7%
$60,500
4.5%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Philadelphia's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
192,387
$1,295 / wk
#2
Accommodation and food services (72)
59,719
$645 / wk
#3
Educational services (61)
57,708
$1,969 / wk
#4
Professional and technical services (54)
57,619
$2,882 / wk
#5
Retail trade (44-45)
43,187
$719 / wk
What workers earn in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest tracked occupation in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro (158,280 jobs, median $29,800/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
158,280
$29,800
$14.33
Fast Food and Counter Workers
69,080
$32,220
$15.49
Cashiers
54,100
$33,050
$15.89
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
51,100
$43,460
$20.89
Stockers and Order Fillers
45,770
$36,800
$17.69
Office Clerks, General
45,660
$47,060
$22.62
Waiters and Waitresses
41,900
$36,570
$17.58
Registered Nurses · benchmark
73,790
$101,180
$48.64
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
68,730
$121,630
$58.48
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
63,990
$34,810
$16.74
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
32,220
$59,370
$28.54
Software Developers · benchmark
28,480
$133,040
$63.96
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
3BR rent + food + taxes + transport (childcare not modeled — county outside NDCP 2022 coverage) · federal sources Note: family-of-four total excludes childcare — modeled NDCP counties typically add $1,500–$2,900/mo for two children at center-based preschool + school-age care.
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,815/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
15.2% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (10.9% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Philadelphia's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (87°F avg high). Coldest: January (25°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 46.9 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Philadelphia from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk score: 99.6/100 — Very High nationally; top hazard: Heat Wave (100.0).
Natural-hazard exposure for Philadelphia from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Philadelphia County
99.6
Very High
Heat Wave 100.0 Very High · Cold Wave 99.8 Very High · Winter Weather 99.8 Very High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Philadelphia?
19 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 82% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Philadelphia from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
19 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
16
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
86.4%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
81.6%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
805,564
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Philadelphia?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 14,078 violent and 70,463 property offenses in the Philadelphia jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 908.7 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Philadelphia — an FBI jurisdiction population of 1,549,259, versus the Census place population of 1,574,281. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
14,078
908.7
359.1
Property crime
70,463
4,548.2
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 2-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
262
Rape
714
Robbery
4,233
Aggravated assault
8,869
Burglary
4,942
Larceny-theft
49,942
Motor vehicle theft
15,579
Arson (12-month reporters only)
723
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2023
983.1
5,056.6
1,550,843
2024
908.7
4,548.2
1,549,259
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2023–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Philadelphia · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Philadelphia sits at state rank #1 among 1,014 cities in Pennsylvania. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Phoenix, AZ · #5 · 1,665,481 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: San Antonio, TX · #7 · 1,548,422 residents.
Quick travel facts for Philadelphia
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Philadelphia International Airport(PHL) · 11 mi 18 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
May, Oct · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Philadelphia.
How many people live in Philadelphia, PA?
Philadelphia has 1,574,281 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #6 largest city in the United States and #1 in Pennsylvania. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Philadelphia growing or shrinking?
Philadelphia has shrunk 1.8% since the April 2020 census baseline, losing 29,519 residents. The most recent year ticked up slightly (+1,546 residents, +0.1% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Philadelphia's population in the 2020 census?
The GEOID for Philadelphia is 4260000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
