There were 6,265 households out of which 19.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.8% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 57.5% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.94%. The racial makeup of the borough was 75.44% White, 17.08% Black, 3.64% from other races, 1.46% Asian, 0.31% Native American, 0.07% Pacific Islander, and 2.00% from two or more races.
There were 6,541 housing units at an average density of 3,553.5 per square mile (1,372.6/km²). The population density was 9,703.3 people per square mile (3,747.9/km²). (April 2012)Īs of the census of 2000, there were 17,861 people, 6,265 households, and 2,662 families residing in the borough. There may be additional information on the talk page. Please help improve the article by updating it. This section's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania - west.West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania - north, south, and east.Īnnual precipitation averages 45 inches (110 cm), and annual snowfall averages 19.6 inches (50 cm). It is located 25 miles (40 km) west of Philadelphia and 17 miles (27 km) north of Wilmington, Delaware.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.8 square miles (5 km 2), all of it land.Īnnual high temperatures average between 38.1 ☏ (3.4 ☌) and 85.7 ☏ (29.8 ☌), annual low temperatures average between 19.3 ☏ (−7.1 ☌) and 63.3 ☏ (17.4 ☌), with the record high being 105 ☏ (41 ☌), and record low being −16 ☏ (−27 ☌). In the late twentieth the pioneer in microcomputers Commodore International, giving its headquarters as West Chester, was located approximately a mile northeast of the borough. In the early twentieth, an important industry was the Sharples cream separator company. and Darlington company became a major wheelworks, first for wagons and later automobiles. In the late nineteenth century the Hoopes, Bro. In the eighteenth century West Chester was a center of clockmaking.
Walter, one of the architects for the Capitol in Washington, D.C. In the heart of town is its courthouse, a classical revival building designed in the 1840s by Thomas U. West Chester has been the seat of government in Chester County since 1786, and the borough incorporated in 1799. The area was originally known as Turk's Head - after the inn of the same name located in what is now the center of the borough.
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