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Unread 04-10-2012, 11:56 PM
 
Location: Athens, GA (via Pittsburgh, PA)
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Arrow 2011 Census estimates for all Pennsylvania MSAs

Pennsylvania MSAs ranked by population (2011 estimate)
5,992,414 - Philadelphia (including New Jersey)
4,030,926 - Philadelphia (Pennsylvania only)
2,359,746 - Pittsburgh
824,916 - Allentown/Bethlehem
563,223 - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
552,911 - Harrisburg
523,594 - Lancaster
436,770 - York
412,778 - Reading
280,985 - Erie
154,722 - State College
143,728 - Johnstown
134,311 - Lebanon
127,089 - Altoona
116,747 - Williamsport

Pennsylvania MSAs ranked by numeric growth
+27,071 - Philadelphia (including New Jersey)
+21,932 - Philadelphia (Pennsylvania only)
+4,149 - Lancaster
+3,743 - Allentown/Bethlehem
+3,461 - Pittsburgh
+3,436 - Harrisburg
+1,798 - York
+1,336 - Reading
+743 - Lebanon
+732 - State College
+636 - Williamsport
+419 - Erie
+49 - Johnstown
+10 - Altoona
-408 - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Pennsylvania MSAs ranked by percent growth
+0.80% - Lancaster
+0.63% - Harrisburg
+0.56% - Lebanon
+0.55% - Williamsport*
+0.55% - Philadelphia (Pennsylvania only)*
+0.48% - State College
+0.46% - Allentown/Bethlehem
+0.45% - Philadelphia (including New Jersey)
+0.41% - York
+0.32% - Reading
+0.15% - Erie*
+0.15% - Pittsburgh*
+0.03% - Johnstown
+0.01% - Altoona
-0.07% - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

(*: Tie broken by further decimal points.)

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Unread 04-11-2012, 06:55 AM
 
Location: Montgomery County
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Msa?
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Unread 04-11-2012, 07:10 AM
 
Location: DC Suburbs of Maryland (by way of PA)
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Msa?
Metropolitan Statistical Area: Metropolitan Statistical Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glad to see all of the Western PA metros growing again, albeit slowly. That's very positive and significant news -- especially Pittsburgh.
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Unread 04-11-2012, 09:35 AM
 
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Populations for MSAs largely based in other states... but including some PA territory:

Youngstown-Warren, OH-PA MSA
2011: 562,739
Change: -3,034
Percent: -0.53%

Mercer County, PA
2011: 116,205
Change: -433
Percent: -0.37%

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
2011: 19,015,900
Change: +118,791
Percent: +0.62%

Pike County, PA
2011: 56,852
Change: -517
Percent: -0.90%



Let's take a look at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania versus bordering states:

Pennsylvania
2011: 12,742,886
Change: +40,507
Percent: +0.32%

Ohio
2011: 11,544,951
Change: +8,449
Percent: +0.07%

West Virginia
2011: 1,855,364
Change: +2,368
Percent: +0.13%

Maryland
2011: 5,828,289
Change: +54,737
Percent: +0.95%

Delaware
2011: 907,135
Change: +9,201
Percent: +1.02%

New Jersey
2011: 8,821,155
Change: +29,261
Percent: +0.33%

New York
2011: 19,465,197
Change: +87,093
Percent: +0.45%
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Unread 04-11-2012, 10:28 AM
 
Location: PA/FL/UT
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Dang it, and Scranton/WB grew between 2000 to 2010. Up and down, up and down...
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Unread 04-11-2012, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Philly
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seems entirely possible that harrisburg and possibly lancaster will surpass sranton this decade
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Unread 04-11-2012, 07:38 PM
Status: "Pittsburgh: America's Most Livable City" (set 24 days ago)
 
Location: Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, PA
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Dang it, and Scranton/WB grew between 2000 to 2010. Up and down, up and down...
I was surprised by this, actually. I mean JOHNSTOWN grew while Scranton/Wilkes-Barre declined?!
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Unread 04-11-2012, 07:59 PM
Status: "It's all fun and games until someone ends up in a cone" (set 1 day ago)
 
Location: NOT Ohio
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Originally Posted by SteelCityRising View Post
I was surprised by this, actually. I mean JOHNSTOWN grew while Scranton/Wilkes-Barre declined?!
Wake up and smell the Gobs, baby!
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Unread 04-11-2012, 08:47 PM
Status: "Pittsburgh: America's Most Livable City" (set 24 days ago)
 
Location: Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, PA
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Originally Posted by ohiogirl81 View Post
wake up and smell the gobs, baby!
Whoopie Pies!
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Unread 04-11-2012, 08:53 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County
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Philadelphia (including New Jersey)? How does that work?
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