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County · Pennsylvania
Chester County
560,745Population
4.9 %Change since 2020
6,756Net migration
3.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 560,745 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.9 %
- Net migration
- 6,756 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2 % (2025)
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population base, April 2020
- 534,418 (2020)
- Births
- 5,619 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Deaths
- 4,282 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,337
- International migration
- 3,511 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 3,245 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 12.0
- Postal code
- PA
- FIPS code
- 42029
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 % |
| 2024 | 2.9 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 4.0 % |
| 2020 | 6.3 % |
| 2019 | 3.1 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.6 % |
| 2016 | 3.8 % |
| 2015 | 3.9 % |
| 2014 | 4.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 560,745 |
| 2023 | 555,310 |
| 2022 | 547,248 |
| 2021 | 541,036 |
| 2020 | 534,860 |