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Philadelphia County

county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Summary

Philadelphia County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It draws 1,900 Wikipedia views per month (county of pennsylvania category, ranking #7 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Philadelphia[5]
  • Shares border with: Montgomery County[6], Delaware County[7], Gloucester County[8], Bucks County[9], Camden County[10], Burlington County[11]
  • Named after: Philadelphia[12]
  • Inception: March 10, 1682[13]
  • Coordinate location: 40.01, -75.13[14]
  • Authority: City of Philadelphia[15]
  • Official website: https://www.phila.gov/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania[17]
  • Population: 1,526,006[18], 1,528,516[19], 1,538,497[20], 1,548,647[21], 1,553,165[22], 1,567,442[23], 1,603,797[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania[26]
  • Number of households: 613,125[27]
  • Native label: Philadelphia County[28]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109982[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania[30]
  • Short name: окр.Філадельфія[31]
  • Area: 143[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 6[33]
  • Coextensive with: Philadelphia[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania[35]
  • Per capita income: 29,644[36]

Why It Matters

Philadelphia County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Pennsylvania Philadelphia University Saint Joseph's University United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → phila.gov, philadelphia.pa.us, phl.pa.us +1
    Authority → City of Philadelphia
    Official website → https://www.phila.gov/
    Headquarters location → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States "
  2. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → phila.gov, philadelphia.pa.us, phl.pa.us +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Domain name: philadelphia.pa.us, Copying from Philadelphia"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Capital → Philadelphia
    Country → United States
    Area → {'amount': '+143'}
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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