Philadelphia, PA

1950‑1959:		Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA
1959‑1975:		Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMSA
1975‑1983:		Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE SCSA
1983‑1992:		Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
1992‑2003:		Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
2003‑2006:		Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

Subareas

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Subarea

Camden, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ

In this area

Defined but not in this area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Burlington County, NJ	135,910	224,499	323,132	362,542	395,066	423,394	449,148

Camden County, NJ	300,743	392,035	456,291	471,650	502,824	508,932	515,381

Gloucester County, NJ	91,727	134,840	172,681	199,917	230,082	254,673	277,037

Salem County, NJ	49,508	58,711	60,346	64,676	65,294	64,285	66,054

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

New Castle County, DE	218,879	307,446	385,856	398,115	441,946	500,265	522,094

Cecil County, MD	33,356	48,408	53,291	60,430	71,347	85,951	97,474



Total	3,671,048	4,342,897	4,817,914	4,716,818	4,856,881	5,100,931	5,806,092
Percent Change	-	18.3%	10.9%	-2.1%	3.0%	5.0%	13.8%



Total (as currently defined)	3,972,791	4,757,462	5,317,407	5,240,039	5,435,468	5,687,147	5,806,092
Percent Change	-	19.8%	11.8%	-1.5%	3.7%	4.6%	2.1%

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Component

Burlington County, NJ

Camden County, NJ

Gloucester County, NJ

Salem County, NJ

Bucks County, PA

Chester County, PA

Delaware County, PA

Montgomery County, PA

Philadelphia County, PA

New Castle County, DE

Cecil County, MD

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	*

Camden, NJ	124,555		117,159		102,551		84,910		87,492	*	79,904	*	80,010	*

Norristown, PA	38,126		38,925		38,169		34,684		30,749	*	31,282		30,689

Wilmington, DE	110,356		95,827		80,386		70,195		71,529		72,664		72,786	*

Newark, DE	6,731		11,404		20,757		25,247		25,098		28,547		30,060



Total	2,071,605		2,002,512		1,948,609		1,688,210		1,703,818		1,597,454		1,616,077
Metro	3,671,048		4,342,897		4,817,914		4,716,818		4,856,881		5,100,931		5,806,092
Percent	56.4%		46.1%		40.4%		35.8%		35.1%		31.3%		27.8%

Timeline

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Philadelphia, PA

Camden, NJ

Norristown, PA

Wilmington, DE

Newark, DE

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,200,534	87.2%
		UA Population		2,932,551	79.9%
	Rural Population			470,514	12.8%

	Inside Central Cities			2,071,605	56.4%
	Outside Central Cities			1,599,443	43.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			3,671,048	100.0%


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

	Philadelphia, PA-NJ		2,922,470	2,922,470	100.0%
	Trenton, NJ-PA		189,321	10,081	5.3%

	Total			2,932,551


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,894,443	89.7%
		UA Population		3,660,641	84.3%
	Rural Population			448,454	10.3%

	Inside Central Cities			2,002,512	46.1%
	Outside Central Cities			2,340,385	53.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,342,897	100.0%


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

	Philadelphia, PA-NJ		3,635,228	3,635,228	100.0%
	Trenton, NJ-PA		242,401	25,413	10.5%

	Total			3,660,641


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,299,563	89.2%
		UA Population		4,064,579	84.4%
	Rural Population			518,351	10.8%

	Inside Central Cities			1,948,609	40.4%
	Outside Central Cities			2,869,305	59.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,817,914	100.0%


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

	Philadelphia, PA-NJ		4,021,066	4,021,066	100.0%
	Trenton, NJ-PA		274,148	42,026	15.3%
	Vineland-Millville, NJ		73,579	1,487	2.0%

	Total			4,064,579


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,261,777	90.4%
		UA Population		4,148,011	87.9%
	Rural Population			455,041	9.6%

	Inside Central Cities			1,807,804	38.3%
	Outside Central Cities			2,909,014	61.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,716,818	100.0%


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

	Philadelphia, PA-NJ		4,112,933	4,112,933	100.0%
	Trenton, NJ-PA		260,751	30,372	11.6%
	Vineland-Millville, NJ		88,822	4,706	5.3%

	Total			4,148,011


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,453,335	90.5%
		UA Population		4,360,017	88.6%
	Rural Population			468,840	9.5%

	Inside Central Cities			1,673,069	34.0%
	Outside Central Cities			3,249,106	66.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,922,175	100.0%


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

	Philadelphia, PA-NJ		4,222,211	4,222,211	100.0%
	Pottstown, PA		53,371	45,859	85.9%
	Trenton, NJ-PA		298,602	57,846	19.4%
	Vineland-Millville, NJ		94,236	6,179	6.6%
	Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD-PA		449,616	27,922	6.2%

	Total			4,360,017


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			5,349,687	94.1%
		UA Population		5,260,612	92.5%
	Rural Population			337,460	5.9%

	Inside Principal Cities			1,670,118	29.4%
	Outside Principal Cities			4,017,029	70.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			5,687,147	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	5,146,314	99.9%
	Pottstown, PA		73,597	60,106	81.7%
	Trenton, NJ		268,472	16,381	6.1%
	Vineland, NJ		88,724	8,687	9.8%
	Aberdeen-Havre de Grace-Bel Air, MD		174,598	6,727	3.9%

	Total			5,260,612


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

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMA
-		Burlington County, NJ included as original SMA component
-		Camden County, NJ included as original SMA component
-		Gloucester County, NJ included as original SMA component
-		Bucks County, PA included as original SMA component
-		Chester County, PA included as original SMA component
-		Delaware County, PA included as original SMA component
-		Montgomery County, PA included as original SMA component
-		Philadelphia County, PA included as original SMA component
-		Philadelphia, PA designated as original central city of new SMA
-		New SMA: Wilmington, DE-NJ SMA
-		New Castle County, DE included as original component of Wilmington, DE-NJ SMA
-		Salem County, NJ included as original component of Wilmington, DE-NJ SMA
-		Wilmington, DE designated as original central city of new Wilmington, DE-NJ SMA


Oct 1963



-		Title of Wilmington, DE-NJ SMSA changed to Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD SMSA
-		Cecil County, MD added to Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD SMSA


Oct 1975



-		Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMSA included in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE SCSA
-		Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD SMSA included in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE SCSA


Jun 1983



-		Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE SCSA became Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE CMSA (The Philadelphia SMSA became the Philadelphia PMSA in the Philadelphia CMSA.)
-		Camden, NJ designated as central city of PMSA
-		Norristown, PA designated as central city of PMSA
-		Wilmington-Newark, DE-NJ-MD SMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE SCSA became Wilmington-Newark, DE-NJ-MD PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE CMSA


Dec 1992



-		Norristown, PA no longer designated as central city
-		Title of Wilmington-Newark, DE-NJ-MD PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE CMSA changed to Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
-		Salem County, NJ added, transferred from Wilmington-Newark, DE-NJ-MD PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
-		Newark, DE designated as central city of Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA became Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA (The Philadelphia PMSA became the Philadelphia MSA, but included the Wilmington area as well.)
-		New Metro Division: Camden, NJ Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Burlington County, NJ included as original component of Camden, NJ Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Camden County, NJ included as original component of Camden, NJ Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Gloucester County, NJ included as original component of Camden, NJ Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Camden, NJ transferred to Camden, NJ Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		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 component of Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Chester County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Delaware County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Montgomery County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Philadelphia County, PA included as original component of Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Philadelphia, PA transferred to Philadelphia, PA Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		Title of Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA changed to Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Salem County, NJ transferred to Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Division in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
-		Newark, DE no longer designated as principal/central city of Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA

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