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Philadelphia County is the largest County in Pennsylvania with an estimated population of 1,526,006 residents as of the 2010 census. Philadelphia County is the second smallest county in the state if measured by land. William Penn created Philadelphia County as one of the three original counties of Pennsylvania in 1682. The county seat of Philadelphia County is Philadelphia, PA. The county is also the heart of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area and ranks 7th for population in the United States. Some of the first European settlers in Philadelphia were the Swedes and Finns who arrived in 1638. The area was seized by the Netherlands in 1655 but was eventually permanently lost to England by 1681. William Penn received his charter for Pennsylvania from Charles II of England in 1681 and the following year he divided Pennsylvania into three counties.

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia has an estimated population of 1,567,872 residents within the city limits as of the 2016 census. In 1682 William Penn founded the city to serve as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played a major role as a key instrument to the American Revolution. Philadelphia served as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania with the headquarters of seven Fortune 1000 companies located within the city limits. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Philadelphia area had a total gross metropolitan product of $347 billion in 2010. Philadelphia serves many different economic sectors including information technology, manufacturing, oil refining, food processing, health care, biotechnology, tourism, and financial services.