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Although the city proper was second to New York City in population at the time of the first U.S. Census in 1790, Philadelphia County was the most populous urban (or metropolitan) area in the nation until 1810, when it was surpassed by New York.
Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania and sixth-largest city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797, and the center of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area, the state's largest metropolitan statistical area and nation's seventh-largest with a population of 6,245,051 Pittsburgh, the second-largest city in Pennsylvania, and the center of Greater ...
The following is a list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States with large African American populations. As a result of slavery, more than half of African Americans live in the South. [1] The data is sourced from the 2010 and 2020 United States Censuses.
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
The U.S. Census Bureau data indicates Philadelphia's population now stands at about 1.6 million residents, meaning a 1% drop occurred between July 2022 and July 2023.
Philadelphia has the fifth-largest Muslim population among U.S. cities. [143] The remaining 24% claimed no religious affiliation. The Philadelphia metropolitan area's Jewish population was estimated at 206,000 in 2001, which was the sixth-largest in the U.S. at that time. [144]
New federal estimates show Philadelphia remains the nation's sixth-most-populous city, despite a decline in population throughout the pandemic. The data shows that Philadelphia lost 3.3% of its ...
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 12 combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 20 micropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, comprising the area around the state's largest city of Philadelphia in the southeast region of the ...