Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County
Chester County
County
	Chester County Courthouse
	Flag Seal
	Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
	Pennsylvania's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 39.97°N 75.75°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Founded	August 24, 1682
Named for	Chester, England
Seat	West Chester
Largest borough	West Chester
Government
• County commission	Josh Maxwell (D); Marian Moskowitz (D); Eric Roe (R);
Area
• Total	759 sq mi (1,970 km2)
• Land	751 sq mi (1,950 km2)
• Water	8.7 sq mi (23 km2) 1.1%
Population (2020)
• Total	534,413
• Density	712.0/sq mi (274.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	5th, 6th
Website	www.chesco.org
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated	October 26, 1982

Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Tscheschter Kaundi), colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region, located in the southeastern part of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 545,823(As of 2022), increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. The county seat is the Borough of West Chester. The most populous of its 73 municipalities (cities, boroughs, and townships as defined at the state level) is Tredyffrin Township. The most populous boroughs are West Chester and Phoenixville. Coatesville is the only municipality in the County organized under the City form of government, a technical rather than demographic distinction. Chester County was one of the three original Pennsylvania counties created by William Penn in 1682. It was named for Chester, England.

Chester County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. Along with southwest Delaware County, eastern Chester County is home to many communities that comprise part of the Philadelphia Main Line western suburbs of Philadelphia.

As of 2020, the county had the highest median household income level in Pennsylvania, and the 35th-highest in the nation.

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