The population of Philadelphia is diverse in nature, comprising native people as well as foreigners migrating into the city and settling permanently. A careful study of the population of Philadelphia reveals several facts as the density of the population, the fertility rates prevalent among the Philadelphia masses and the ratio of the male and female residing in the Pennsylvanian capital city.
Population Density of Philadelphia
As far as the density of population in Philadelphia is concerned, it is a thickly populated city with 11,233.6 people inhabiting per square mile, as per the 2000 census data. Population of Philadelphia is a mix of various races including White, African American, American Indian and Alaska Native. Many Asian races including Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese reside in Philadelphia. Whites comprise of 45.02% of the population, African American comprises of 43.22 % and the Asian population accounts fro 4.46% of the total population.
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Age distribution in Philadelphia population
The median age of Philadelphia population is around 34 years. Out of the total population only 25.3% was under the age of 18, 11.1 % is between the age group 18 to 24 and 29.3 % between 25-44 years of age. Philadelphia population is a relatively young as only 14.1% were above 65 years of age.
Gender Ratio in Philadelphia
With respect to the Philadelphia male female ratio, it is calculated on the basis of the total population of the city. As per the data available from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000, the males were 705107 in number, comprising 46.46% of the total population. In case of the female head counts, they were 812443, making up 53.54% of the Philadelphia population. In Philadelphia, there are 86.8 males for every 100 females.
In terms of population, Philadelphia ranks sixth and with respect to the population density it is the seventh largest city in the United States
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