Editing Norristown, Pennsylvania (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1820= 827
|1830= 1089
|1840= 2937
|1850= 6024
|1860= 8848
|1870= 10753
|1880= 13063
|1890= 19791
|1900= 22265
|1910= 27875
|1920= 32319
|1930= 35853
|1940= 38181
|1950= 38126
|1960= 38925
|1970= 38169
|1980= 34684
|1990= 30749
|2000= 31282
|2010= 34324
|2020= 35748
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=25 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2020|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/norristownboroughpennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

As of 2019, Norristown's population is 34,341, which represents a 0% increase since 2010. The municipality's population is 37.2% black or African American, 27.9% white (non-Hispanic), 27.1% Hispanic and two or more races 6.4%.

There were 11,963 households and 7,498 families residing in the municipality.<ref>MCPC, pg. 15</ref> The [[population density]] was 9,753.9 people per square mile. There were 13,420 housing units at an average density of 3,813.5 per square mile.<ref>MCPC, pg. 14</ref>

Of the 11,963 households, 62.7% (7,498) were family households and 37.3% were non-family households.  Of the 7,498 families, 58.2% had their own and related children under the age of 18 living with them; 51.0% were married couples living together, and 36.6% had a female householder with no husband present.  The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.41.<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref>

The median age of all residents is 31.2 years, with an age distribution of 26.2% under the age of 18, 43.5% between ages 18 and 44, 21.2% between ages 45 and 64, and 9.1% ages 65 and above.<ref>MCPC, pg. 10</ref>

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 American Community Survey, the median household income was $42,764. Males had a median income of $34,214 versus $34,086 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $21,204.  About 17.3% of families and 19.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.3% of those under the age of 18 and 11.8% of those 65 and older.<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>

Approximately 76.0% of all persons 25 and older have a high school diploma or higher, while 16.7% have a college degree (Bachelor's or higher).<ref>MCPC, pg. 16</ref>