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  2. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .phila .gov. Philadelphia County is the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 24th-most populous county in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,603,797. [1] Its county seat is Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.

  3. List of counties in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum. [1] [2] Eight of the ten most populous ...

  4. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of ...

  5. Demographics of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The per capita income for the city was $16,509. 22.9% of the population and 18.4% of families were below the poverty line. 31.3% of those under the age of 18 and 16.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. The male-female ratio was 86.8 to 100, with 46.5% of the population male and 53.5% female.

  6. List of Philadelphia neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia has 41 ZIP -codes, which are often used for neighborhood analysis. [1] Historically, many neighborhoods were defined by incorporated townships (Blockley, Roxborough), districts (Belmont, Kensington, Moyamensing, Richmond) or boroughs (Bridesburg, Frankford, Germantown, Manayunk) before being incorporated into the city with the Act ...

  7. Bucks County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    October 29, 1982 [1] Interactive map of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, [2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. [3] The county is named after the English county of Buckinghamshire.

  8. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of the First and Second ...

  9. Local government in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Local government in Pennsylvania is government below the state level in Pennsylvania. There are six types of local governments listed in the Pennsylvania Constitution: county, township, borough, town, city, and school district. [1] [2] All of Pennsylvania is included in one of the state's 67 counties, which are in total subdivided into 2,560 ...