In the year 1682, Philadelphia County was created with an estimated area of 143 sq mi and was named after the Greek words philos meaning "love" and adelphos meaning "brother" or "Brotherly love". Over 1.5 million people with ethnic racial makeup including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others including 0.59 million households and 0.35 million families reside in this county. Philadelphia is the county seat and the largest city of the county. Philadelphia is the most densely inhabited county in the state, regardless of being the second smallest county in the state by land area.

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