Editing Philadelphia (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Philadelphia}}
{{See also|Chinese in Philadelphia|History of Irish Americans in Philadelphia|History of Italian Americans in Philadelphia|Koreans in Philadelphia|Little Saigon, Philadelphia|History of Jews in Philadelphia|LGBT culture in Philadelphia|Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia}}
{{Historical populations
|type= USA
|1683|600
|1731|12000
|1790|28522
|1800|41220
|1810|53722
|1820|63802
|1830|80462
|1840|93665
|1850|121376
|1860|565529
|1870|674022
|1880|847170
|1890|1046964
|1900|1293697
|1910|1549008
|1920|1823779
|1930|1950961
|1940|1931334
|1950|2071605
|1960|2002512
|1970|1948609
|1980|1688210
|1990|1585577
|2000|1517550
|2010|1526006
|2020|1603797
|2023|1573916
|source=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus10">{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610232059/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus20">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829184404/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts"/>
}}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. Census]], there were 1,603,797 people residing in Philadelphia, representing a 1.2% increase from the 2019 census estimate.<ref name="Pop Estimate"/> The racial composition of the city was 39.3% Black alone (42.0% Black alone or in combination), 36.3% White alone (41.9% White alone or in combination), 8.7% Asian alone, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 8.7% some other race, and 6.9% multiracial. 14.9% of residents were Hispanic or Latino.<ref name="2022 Bureau"/>

34.8% had a bachelor's degree or higher. 23.9% spoke a language other than English at home, the most common of which was Spanish (10.8%). 15.0% of the populations foreign born, roughly half of whom are naturalized U.S. citizens. 3.7% of the population are veterans. The median household income was $52,889 and 22.8% of the population lived in poverty. 49.5% of the population drove alone to work, while 23.2% used public transit, 8.2% carpooled, 7.9% walked, and 7.0% worked from home. The average commute is 31 minutes.<ref name="2022 Bureau">{{cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Explore Census Data |website=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile/Philadelphia_city,_Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania?g=0600000US4210160000 |access-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015200325/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile/Philadelphia_city,_Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania?g=0600000US4210160000 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the [[1950 United States census|1950 census]], when a record high of 2,071,605 was recorded, the city's population began a long decline. The population dropped to a low of 1,488,710 residents in 2006 before beginning to rise again. Between 2006 and 2017, Philadelphia added 92,153 residents. In 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the racial composition of the city was 41.3% Black (non-Hispanic), 34.9% White (non-Hispanic), 14.1% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% Asian, 0.4% Native American, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 2.8% multiracial.<ref name="2017 Pop Estimate">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US4260000 |title=2011–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213095851/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US4260000 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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! Census racial composition !! 2020<ref name="2022 Bureau" />!! 2010<ref name="Gen Pop/Housing">{{cite web |author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 2010 Demographic Profile Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census |access-date=August 12, 2011 }}</ref>!! 2000 !! 1990<ref name="census1990">{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/PAtab.xls |title=Pennsylvania – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202175335/https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/PAtab.xls |url-status=live }}</ref>!! 1980<ref name="census1990"/> !! 1970<ref name="census1990"/>
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| [[African Americans|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)|| 38.3% || 42.2% || 42.6% || 39.3% || 37.5% || 33.3%{{efn|name=fifteen}}
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| [[White Americans|White]] (non-Hispanic) || 34.3% || 36.9% || 42.5% || 52.1% || 57.1% || 63.8{{efn|name=fifteen|From 15% sample}}
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| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race) || 14.9% || 12.3% || 8.5% || 5.6% || 3.8% || 2.4%{{efn|name=fifteen}}
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| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 8.3% || 6.3% || 4.5% || 2.7% || rowspan=2 | 1.1% || rowspan=2 | 0.3%
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| [[Pacific Islands Americans|Pacific Islanders]] || 0.1% || <0.1% || <0.1% || <0.1%
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| Native Americans || 0.4% || 0.5% || 0.3% || 0.2% || 0.1% || 0.1%
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] || 6.9% || 2.8% || 2.2% || n/a<ref name="race">{{cite web |author=United States Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/racefactcb.html |title=How Does the Census 2000 Question on Race Differ from the 1990 Question? |publisher=census.gov |access-date=January 31, 2011 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011127063008/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/population/www/socdemo/race/racefactcb%2Ehtml |archive-date=November 27, 2001 }}</ref> || n/a || n/a
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[[File:Ethnic Origins in Philadelphia.png|thumb|270x270px|Ethnic origins in Philadelphia|left]]

===Immigration and cultural diversity===
[[File:Italian Market Vegetable Stand 3000px.jpg|thumb|Philadelphia's famed [[Italian Market, Philadelphia|Italian Market]] in [[South Philadelphia]]]]
[[File:13th Gayborhood.jpg|thumb|A [[LGBT culture in Philadelphia|Gayborhood]] [[Rainbow flag (LGBT movement)|street sign]] near [[Washington Square West, Philadelphia|Washington Square]]]]
In addition to the city's economic growth, the city's population has been fueled by foreign immigration. According to [[The Pew Charitable Trusts]], the city's [[foreign born|foreign-born]] population increased by 69% between 2000 and 2016 to constitute nearly 20% of Philadelphia's workforce,<ref name=PhiladelphiaImmigrants>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/nyregion/philadelphia-new-york-migration-immigrants.html |title=Leaving New York to Find the American Dream in Philadelphia |author=Matt Katz |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 20, 2018 |access-date=August 6, 2018 |archive-date=August 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001508/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/nyregion/philadelphia-new-york-migration-immigrants.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and it doubled between 1990 and 2017 to constitute 13.8% of the city's total population, with the top five countries of origin being China by a significant margin followed by the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, India, and Vietnam.<ref name=PhiladelphiaForeignBorn>{{cite news |url=https://www.philly.com/news/immigrants-philly-population-growth-foreign-born-20190510.html |title=Welcome to Philly: Percentage of foreign-born city residents has doubled since 1990 |author=Jeff Gammage |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 10, 2019 |access-date=May 10, 2019 |quote=China is, far and away, the primary sending country, with 22,140 city residents who make up about 11 percent of the foreign-born population, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts analysis of Census data. Next is the Dominican Republic with 13,792, followed by Jamaica, 13,500; India, 11,382; and Vietnam, 10,132...About 230,000 Philadelphians are foreign-born. More than a quarter of residents are immigrants or have a foreign-born parent, Pew reported, and 23 percent speak a foreign language at home. |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510180258/https://www.philly.com/news/immigrants-philly-population-growth-foreign-born-20190510.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Top 10 countries of origin for foreign-born Philadelphians, 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2019/04/the-state-of-immigrants-in-philadelphia-2019 |title=The State of Immigrants in Philadelphia, 2019 |date=April 11, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001200528/https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2019/04/the-state-of-immigrants-in-philadelphia-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! Country || Population
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| {{Flagu|China}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:22140}}
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| {{Flagu|Dominican Republic}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:13792}}
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| {{Flagu|Jamaica}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:13500}}
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| {{Flagu|India}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:11382}}
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| {{Flagu|Vietnam}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:10132}}
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| {{Flagu|Haiti}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:9186}}
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| {{Flagu|Mexico}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:7823}}
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| {{Flagu|Ukraine}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:6898}}
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| {{Flagu|Albania}} ||align=right | {{formatnum:5258}}
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| {{Flagu|Korea}}/{{Flagu|North Korea}}||align=right | {{formatnum:4385}}
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Irish, Italian, German, Polish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, and French ancestries constitute the largest [[European emigration|European]] ethnic groups in the city.<ref name="2010 Ancestry">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/B04006/1600000US4260000 |title=People Reporting Ancestry: 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213152124/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/B04006/1600000US4260000 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Philadelphia has the second-largest Irish and Italian populations in the United States after New York City. [[South Philadelphia]] remains one of the largest [[Italian-American|Italian]] neighborhoods in the country and is home to the [[Italian Market, Philadelphia|Italian Market]].

The [[Pennsport, Philadelphia|Pennsport]] neighborhood and [[Grays Ferry, Philadelphia|Gray's Ferry]] section of South Philadelphia, home to many [[Mummers Parade|Mummer]] clubs, are well known as [[Irish-American|Irish]] neighborhoods. The [[Kensington, Philadelphia|Kensington]], [[Port Richmond, Philadelphia|Port Richmond]], and [[Fishtown, Philadelphia|Fishtown]] neighborhoods have historically been heavily Irish and Polish. Port Richmond is a center for the Polish-American community in Philadelphia, and it remains a common destination for Polish immigrants. [[Northeast Philadelphia]], although known for its Irish and Irish-American population, is home to a Jewish and Russian population. [[Mount Airy, Philadelphia|Mount Airy]] in [[Northwest Philadelphia]] also contains a Jewish community. Nearby [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia|Chestnut Hill]] is historically known as an [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant|Anglo-Saxon Protestant]] community.

Philadelphia's [[African Americans|Black American]] population is the fourth-largest in the country after New York City, Chicago, and [[Houston]]. [[West Philadelphia]] and [[North Philadelphia]] are largely African-American neighborhoods, but many are leaving those areas in favor of the Northeast and Southwest sections of Philadelphia. A higher proportion of [[African-American Muslims]] reside in Philadelphia than most other major U.S. cities. West Philadelphia and [[Southwest Philadelphia]] are home to various [[West Indian Americans|Afro-Caribbean]] and [[African immigration to the United States|African immigrant]] communities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia immigration |url=http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/immigration-1930-present |publisher=Philadelphia immigration |date=August 5, 2013 |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310145147/http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/immigration-1930-present/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia|Puerto Rican]] population in Philadelphia is the second-largest on the U.S. mainland after New York City, and the second-fastest growing after [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voxxi.com/2014/01/03/puerto-rico-population-decline-economic/ |title=Puerto Rico's population continues to decline as the economic plague persists |date=January 3, 2014 |work=Voxxi |access-date=September 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103154048/http://voxxi.com/2014/01/03/puerto-rico-population-decline-economic/ |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |author=Laura Sanchez Ubanell }}</ref> Eastern North Philadelphia, particularly [[Fairhill, Philadelphia|Fairhill]] and surrounding areas to the north and east, has one of the highest concentrations of Puerto Ricans outside Puerto Rico, with many large swaths of blocks being close to 100% Puerto Rican.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.congreso.net/census.php |title=Where is the "Latino Community" of Philadelphia? |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120951/http://www.congreso.net/census.php |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/19133/zip-code-19133.asp |title=ZIP Code 19133, Philadelphia PA (Pennsylvania) |website=www.zip-codes.com |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915024835/https://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/19133/zip-code-19133.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> Puerto Rican and [[Dominican Americans|Dominican]] populations reside in [[North Philadelphia]] and the Northeast, and [[Mexican American|Mexican]] and Central American populations exist in South Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Latino Philadelphia at a Glance |url=http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/latinophiladelphiaataglance.pdf |publisher=Latino Philadelphia |access-date=October 4, 2017 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131238/http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/latinophiladelphiaataglance.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> South American migrants were being transported by bus from [[Texas]] to Philadelphia beginning in 2022.<ref name=MigrantsTexasToPhiladelphia>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/bus-immigrants-texas-philadelphia-asylum-greg-abbott-20221229.html?outputType=amp |title=City receives 15th bus carrying immigrants from Texas to Philadelphia |author=Robert Moran |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=December 29, 2022 |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222230053/https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/bus-immigrants-texas-philadelphia-asylum-greg-abbott-20221229.html?outputType=amp |url-status=live }}</ref>

Philadelphia's [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] population includes those of Chinese, Indians, Vietnamese, South Koreans, Filipinos, Cambodians, and Indonesians. Over 35,000 Chinese Americans lived in the city in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_SPT/B01003/0500000US42101/popgroup~016 |title=2011–2015 American Community Survey Selected Population Tables – Chinese alone, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=June 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004430/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_SPT/B01003/0500000US42101/popgroup~016 |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> including a [[Fuzhounese Americans|Fuzhounese]] population. Center City hosts a [[Chinatown, Philadelphia|Chinatown]] that is served by [[Chinatown bus lines]] with service to/from [[Chinatown, Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/nyregion/philadelphia-new-york-migration-immigrants.html |title=Leaving New York to Find the American Dream in Philadelphia |author=Matt Katz |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 20, 2018 |access-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418054111/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/nyregion/philadelphia-new-york-migration-immigrants.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Indians in the Philadelphia metropolitan area|Indians]] make up the second-largest Asian group in the city of Philadelphia,<ref name=LargeIndianPopulationPhiladelphia>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (City) |url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/Ancestry |website=Statistical Atlas |access-date=December 15, 2024 |archive-date=December 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215083215/https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/Ancestry |url-status=live }}</ref> while making up the largest foreign-born population in the [[Delaware Valley]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singer |first1=Audrey |last2=Vitiello |first2=Domenic |last3=Katz |first3=Michael |last4=Park |first4=David |title=Recent Immigration to Philadelphia: Regional Change in a Re-Emerging Gateway |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1113_immigration_singer.pdf |website=Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings |publisher=Brookings Institution |access-date=December 15, 2024 |archive-date=December 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215083215/https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1113_immigration_singer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> A Korean community initially settled in the North Philadelphia neighborhood of [[Olney, Philadelphia|Olney]]; however, the primary [[Koreatown, Philadelphia|Koreatown]] has subsequently shifted further north, straddling the city's border with adjacent [[Cheltenham, Pennsylvania|Cheltenham]] in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]] and [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]] in [[South Jersey]]. South Philadelphia is home to [[Vietnamese-American]]s in [[Little Saigon, Philadelphia|Little Saigon]] and [[Cambodian-Americans]] in [[Little Cambodia#Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Cambodia Town]], as well as [[Thai-American]], [[Indonesian-American]], and Chinese-American communities.

Philadelphia's [[Gay village]] near [[Washington Square (Philadelphia)|Washington Square]] is home to a concentration of gay and lesbian-friendly businesses, restaurants, and bars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exploring Gay Philadelphia |url=http://www.visitphilly.com/itineraries/philadelphia/exploring-gay-philadelphia/ |publisher=Visit Philadelphia |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724030414/http://www.visitphilly.com/itineraries/philadelphia/exploring-gay-philadelphia/ |archive-date=July 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guide to Philadelphia's Gayborhood |url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/guide/guide-to-philadelphias-gayborhood/ |publisher=CBS Local Media |date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723061349/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/guide/guide-to-philadelphias-gayborhood/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Religion===
{{Main|Religion in Philadelphia}}
In a 2014 study by the [[Pew Research Center]], 68% of the population of the city identified themselves as [[Christians|Christian]].<ref>[http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/29/major-u-s-metropolitan-areas-differ-in-their-religious-profiles/ Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308152313/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/29/major-u-s-metropolitan-areas-differ-in-their-religious-profiles/ |date=March 8, 2021 }}, Pew Research Center</ref> Approximately 41% of Christians in the city and area professed attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered [[Protestant]], while 26% professed [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] beliefs.

The [[Protestant]] Christian community in Philadelphia is dominated by [[Mainline Protestant|mainline Protestant denominations]] including the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], [[United Church of Christ]], the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church in the United States]], [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]] and [[American Baptist Churches USA]]. One of the most prominent mainline Protestant jurisdictions is the [[Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania]]. The [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] was established in Philadelphia. Historically, the city has strong connections to the [[Quakers]], [[Unitarian Universalism]], and the [[Ethical movement|Ethical Culture movement]], all of which continue to be represented in the city. The Quaker [[Friends General Conference]] is based in Philadelphia. Evangelical Protestants making up less than 15% of the population were also prevalent.

Evangelical Protestant bodies included the [[Anglican Church in North America]], [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod|Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod]], [[Presbyterian Church in America]], and [[National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.|National Baptist Convention of America]]. The Catholic community is primarily served by the [[Latin Church|Latin]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia|Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]], the [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia]], and the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada]], though some [[Independent Catholicism|independent Catholic churches]] exist throughout Philadelphia and its suburbs. The Latin Church-based jurisdiction is headquartered in the city, and its see is the [[Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia)|Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul]]. The Ukrainian Catholic jurisdiction is headquartered in Philadelphia, and is seated at the [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Philadelphia)|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]].

Less than 1% of Philadelphia's Christians were [[Mormons]]. The remainder of the Christian demographic is spread among smaller Protestant denominations and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern]] and [[Oriental Orthodox Churches|Oriental Orthodox]] among others. The [[Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania|Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania]] ([[Orthodox Church in America]]) and [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] ([[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]) divide the Eastern Orthodox in Philadelphia. The [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] [[St. Andrew's Cathedral, Philadelphia|St. Andrew's Cathedral]] is in the city.
The same study says that other religions collectively compose about 8% of the population, including [[Judaism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Sikhism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ |title=America's Changing Religious Landscape |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]: Religion & Public Life |date=May 12, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107064929/http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Philadelphia has the fifth-largest [[Muslim]] population among U.S. cities.<ref>Overcoming the World Missions Crisis: Thinking Strategically to Reach the World, Russell Penney, page 110, 2001</ref> The remaining 24% claimed [[Irreligion|no religious affiliation]].

The Philadelphia [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|metropolitan area]]'s [[History of the Jews in Philadelphia|Jewish]] population was estimated at 206,000 in 2001, which was the sixth-largest in the U.S. at that time.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0016_0_15694.html |title=Philadelphia |encyclopedia=[[Jewish Virtual Library]] |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201050252/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0016_0_15694.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Jewish traders were operating in southeastern Pennsylvania long before [[William Penn]]. Jews in Philadelphia took a prominent part in the [[American Revolutionary War|War of Independence]]. Although the majority of the early Jewish residents were of Portuguese or Spanish descent, some among them had emigrated from Germany and Poland. About the beginning of the 19th century, a number of Jews from the latter countries, finding the services of the [[Congregation Mikveh Israel|Congregation Mickvé Israel]] unfamiliar to them, resolved to form a new congregation which would use the ritual to which they had been accustomed.

[[Afro-American religion|African diasporic religions]] are practiced in some Latino and Hispanic and Caribbean communities in North and West Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/30/pennsylvania.animal.remains/ |title=Group: Remains of more than 500 animals found at Philadelphia home |first=Ross |last=Levitt |date=December 30, 2009 |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-date=September 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923003000/http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/30/pennsylvania.animal.remains/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://northiowatoday.com/2012/01/15/man-gets-life-sentence-in-killing-over-santeria/ |author=Joseph A. Slobodzian |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=Man gets life sentence in killing over Santeria |date=January 15, 2012 |via=NorthIowaToday.com |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075927/http://northiowatoday.com/2012/01/15/man-gets-life-sentence-in-killing-over-santeria/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Languages===
{{As of|2010}}, 79.12% (1,112,441) of Philadelphia residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a [[primary language]], while 9.72% (136,688) spoke Spanish, 1.64% (23,075) Chinese, 0.89% (12,499) [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], 0.77% (10,885) Russian, 0.66% (9,240) French, 0.61% (8,639) [[Languages of Asia|other Asian languages]], 0.58% (8,217) [[Languages of Africa|African languages]], 0.56% (7,933) [[Cambodian language|Cambodian]] ([[Austroasiatic languages|Mon-Khmer]]), and Italian was spoken as a [[main language]] by 0.55% (7,773) of the population over the age of five. In total, 20.88% (293,544) of Philadelphia's population age 5 and older spoke a [[mother language]] other than English.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |title=Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=August 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815140430/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=August 15, 2013 }}</ref>

===Poverty===
Philadelphia is home to many food poverty programs, of which two of the largest are [[Philabundance]] which claims to feed 90000 people per week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philabundance 2021 |url=https://indd.adobe.com/view/40769621-44c7-40d3-94b1-6136aa1f00be |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928192938/https://indd.adobe.com/view/40769621-44c7-40d3-94b1-6136aa1f00be |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=indd.adobe.com |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2010 |title=A growing need for food relief |url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20101116_A_growing_need_for_food_relief.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121200334/http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20101116_A_growing_need_for_food_relief.html |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |access-date=December 7, 2010 |website=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pompilio |first=Natalie |date=November 16, 2010 |title=Relief agencies feel hunger pangs |url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20101116_Relief_agencies_face_hunger_pangs.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119100612/http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20101116_Relief_agencies_face_hunger_pangs.html |archive-date=November 19, 2010 |access-date=December 7, 2010 |website=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2010 |title=Philabundance Seeks Help From Suburbanites For Suburbanites |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philabundance-seeks-help-from-suburbanites-for-suburbanites/ |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=[[KYW-TV|CBS Philadelphia]] |language=en-US }}</ref> and [[Share Food Program]] which claims to feed 1 million people per month.<ref>{{cite news |title=How to solve "the lost mile" for hungry Philadelphians |url=https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/solve-lost-mile-hungry-philadelphians/ |access-date=January 7, 2021 |work=The Philadelphia Citizen |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107134429/https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/solve-lost-mile-hungry-philadelphians/ |url-status=live }}</ref>