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In 2011, census data was released showing that Philadelphia had achieved its first confirmed population growth in 60 years. [9] The increase was 0.6 percent. It is attributed to a variety of factors, including increased immigration (especially from countries like India, South Korea and Mexico) and migration from more expensive cities in the ...
When the United States declared independence in 1776, Philadelphia was its most populous city. By the time the first U.S. census count was completed in 1790, New York City had already grown to be 14% more populous than Philadelphia (though Philadelphia still had the larger metropolitan population in 1790).
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. The data also shows that ...
Philadelphia eventually began experiencing a growth in its population in 2007, which continued with incremental annual increases through the present. [75] [76] A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living. [77] [78]
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 ...
As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 1,526,006, [2] growing to 1,547,607 in 2012 by Census estimates. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Philadelphia is the economic and cultural center of the Delaware Valley , home to over 6 million people and the country's sixth-largest metropolitan area .
Top 10 states with the highest population increase since 2022. Texas 473,453. Florida 365,205. North Carolina 139,526. Georgia 116,077. South Carolina 90,600
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 ...