Philadelphia, PA

2003‑2006:

Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Bucks County, PA	144,620	308,567	415,056	479,211	541,174	597,635	619,772

Chester County, PA	159,141	210,608	278,311	316,660	376,396	433,501	473,723

Delaware County, PA	414,234	553,154	600,035	555,007	547,651	550,864	554,393

Montgomery County, PA	353,068	516,682	623,799	643,621	678,111	750,097	774,666

Philadelphia County, PA	2,071,605	2,002,512	1,948,609	1,688,210	1,585,577	1,517,550	1,456,350



Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,878,904
Percent Change	-	-	-	-	-	-	-



Total (as currently defined)	3,142,668	3,591,523	3,865,810	3,682,709	3,728,909	3,849,647	3,878,904
Percent Change	-	14.3%	7.6%	-4.7%	1.3%	3.2%	0.8%

Timeline

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Component

Bucks County, PA

Chester County, PA

Delaware County, PA

Montgomery County, PA

Philadelphia County, PA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Philadelphia, PA	2,071,605	2,002,512	1,948,609	1,688,210	1,585,577	1,517,550	1,463,281	*



Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,463,281
Metro	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,878,904
Percent							37.7%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Philadelphia, PA

Urban/Rural Population



2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,675,528	95.5%
		UA Population		3,656,130	95.0%
	Rural Population			174,119	4.5%

	Inside Principal Cities			1,517,550	39.4%
	Outside Principal Cities			2,332,097	60.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			3,849,647	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ		576,408	22,397	3.9%
	Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD		5,149,079	3,573,627	69.4%
	Pottstown, PA		73,597	60,106	81.7%

	Total			3,656,130


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		Bucks County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA
-		Chester County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA
-		Delaware County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA
-		Montgomery County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA
-		Philadelphia County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA
-		Philadelphia, PA designated as original central city of new Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA


Jun 2003



-		New Metro Division: Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA (The Philadelphia Metro Division included only the counties in Pennsylvania that had been in the Philadelphia PMSA. The New Jersey counties became part of the Camden Metro Division.)
-		Bucks County, PA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
-		Chester County, PA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
-		Delaware County, PA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
-		Montgomery County, PA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
-		Philadelphia County, PA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
-		Philadelphia, PA designated as original principal city of new Metro Division, transferred from Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA

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