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Old 08-13-2021, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Center City Philadelphia
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Population change by county:

Adams: 101,407 to 103,852 (+2,445)
Allegheny: 1,223,348 to 1,250,578 (+27,230)
Armstrong: 68,941 to 65,558 (-3,383)
Beaver: 170,539 to 168,215 (-2,324)
Bedford: 49,762 to 47,577 (-2,185)
Berks: 411,442 to 428,849 (+17,407)
Blair: 127,089 to 122,822 (-4,267)
Bradford: 62,622 to 59,967 (-2,655)
Bucks: 625,249 to 646,538 (+21,289)
Butler: 183,862 to 193,763 (+9,901)
Cambria: 143,679 to 133,472 (-10,207)
Cameron: 5,085 to 4,547 (-538)
Carbon: 65,249 to 64,749 (-500)
Centre: 153,990 to 158,172 (+4,182)
Chester: 498,886 to 534,413 (+35,527)
Clarion: 39,988 to 37,241 (-2,747)
Clearfield: 81,642 to 80,562 (-1,080)
Clinton: 39,238 to 37,450 (-1,788)
Columbia: 67,295 to 64,727 (-2,568)
Crawford: 88,765 to 83,938 (-4,827)
Cumberland: 235,406 to 259,469 (+24,063)
Dauphin: 268,100 to 286,401 (+18,301)
Delaware: 558,979 to 576,830 (+17,851)
Elk: 31,946 to 30,990 (-956)
Erie: 280,566 to 270,876 (-9,690)
Fayette: 136,606 to 128,804 (-7,802)
Forest: 7,716 to 6,973 (-743)
Franklin: 149,618 to 155,932 (+6,314)
Fulton: 14,845 to 14,556 (-289)
Greene: 38,686 to 35,954 (-2,732)
Huntingdon: 45,913 to 44,092 (-1,821)
Indiana: 88,880 to 83,246 (-5,634)
Jefferson: 45,200 to 44,492 (-708)
Juniata: 24,636 to 23,509 (-1,127)
Lackawanna: 214,437 to 215,896 (+1,459)
Lancaster: 519,445 to 552,984 (+33,539)
Lawrence: 91,108 to 86,070 (-5,038)
Lebanon: 133,568 to 143,257 (+9,689)
Lehigh: 349,497 to 374,557 (+25,060)
Luzerne: 320,918 to 325,594 (+4,676)
Lycoming: 116,111 to 114,188 (-1,923)
McKean: 43,450 to 40,432 (-3,018)
Mercer: 116,638 to 110,652 (-5,986)
Mifflin: 46,682 to 46,143 (-539)
Monroe: 169,842 to 168,327 (-1,515)
Montgomery: 799,874 to 856,553 (+56,679)
Montour: 18,267 to 18,136 (-131)
Northampton: 297,735 to 312,951 (+15,216)
Northumberland: 94,528 to 91,647 (-2,881)
Perry: 45,969 to 45,842 (-127)
Philadelphia: 1,526,006 to 1,603,797 (+77,791)
Pike: 57,369 to 58,535 (+1,166)
Potter: 17,457 to 16,396 (-1,061)
Schuylkill: 148,289 to 143,049 (-5,240)
Snyder: 39,702 to 39,736 (+34)
Somerset: 77,742 to 74,129 (-3,613)
Sullivan: 6,428 to 5,840 (-588)
Susquehanna: 43,356 to 38,434 (-4,922)
Tioga: 41,981 to 41,045 (-936)
Union: 44,947 to 42,681 (-2,266)
Venango: 54,984 to 50,454 (-4,530)
Warren: 41,815 to 38,587 (-3,228)
Washington: 207,820 to 209,349 (+1,529)
Wayne: 52,822 to 51,155 (-1,667)
Westmoreland: 365,169 to 354,663 (-10,506)
Wyoming: 28,276 to 26,069 (-2,207)
York: 434,972 to 456,438 (+21,466)

Impressive numbers for Philadelphia and Cumberland! Basically, everything southeast of Blue mountain is growing with meddling growth or decline northwest of there with just a few exceptions.
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Old 08-13-2021, 08:54 AM
 
Location: Washington County, PA
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Population change by county:

Adams: 101,407 to 103,852 (+2,445)
Allegheny: 1,223,348 to 1,250,578 (+27,230)
Armstrong: 68,941 to 65,558 (-3,383)
Beaver: 170,539 to 168,215 (-2,324)
Bedford: 49,762 to 47,577 (-2,185)
Berks: 411,442 to 428,849 (+17,407)
Blair: 127,089 to 122,822 (-4,267)
Bradford: 62,622 to 59,967 (-2,655)
Bucks: 625,249 to 646,538 (+21,289)
Butler: 183,862 to 193,763 (+9,901)
Cambria: 143,679 to 133,472 (-10,207)
Cameron: 5,085 to 4,547 (-538)
Carbon: 65,249 to 64,749 (-500)
Centre: 153,990 to 158,172 (+4,182)
Chester: 498,886 to 534,413 (+35,527)
Clarion: 39,988 to 37,241 (-2,747)
Clearfield: 81,642 to 80,562 (-1,080)
Clinton: 39,238 to 37,450 (-1,788)
Columbia: 67,295 to 64,727 (-2,568)
Crawford: 88,765 to 83,938 (-4,827)
Cumberland: 235,406 to 259,469 (+24,063)
Dauphin: 268,100 to 286,401 (+18,301)
Delaware: 558,979 to 576,830 (+17,851)
Elk: 31,946 to 30,990 (-956)
Erie: 280,566 to 270,876 (-9,690)
Fayette: 136,606 to 128,804 (-7,802)
Forest: 7,716 to 6,973 (-743)
Franklin: 149,618 to 155,932 (+6,314)
Fulton: 14,845 to 14,556 (-289)
Greene: 38,686 to 35,954 (-2,732)
Huntingdon: 45,913 to 44,092 (-1,821)
Indiana: 88,880 to 83,246 (-5,634)
Jefferson: 45,200 to 44,492 (-708)
Juniata: 24,636 to 23,509 (-1,127)
Lackawanna: 214,437 to 215,896 (+1,459)
Lancaster: 519,445 to 552,984 (+33,539)
Lawrence: 91,108 to 86,070 (-5,038)
Lebanon: 133,568 to 143,257 (+9,689)
Lehigh: 349,497 to 374,557 (+25,060)
Luzerne: 320,918 to 325,594 (+4,676)
Lycoming: 116,111 to 114,188 (-1,923)
McKean: 43,450 to 40,432 (-3,018)
Mercer: 116,638 to 110,652 (-5,986)
Mifflin: 46,682 to 46,143 (-539)
Monroe: 169,842 to 168,327 (-1,515)
Montgomery: 799,874 to 856,553 (+56,679)
Montour: 18,267 to 18,136 (-131)
Northampton: 297,735 to 312,951 (+15,216)
Northumberland: 94,528 to 91,647 (-2,881)
Perry: 45,969 to 45,842 (-127)
Philadelphia: 1,526,006 to 1,603,797 (+77,791)
Pike: 57,369 to 58,535 (+1,166)
Potter: 17,457 to 16,396 (-1,061)
Schuylkill: 148,289 to 143,049 (-5,240)
Snyder: 39,702 to 39,736 (+34)
Somerset: 77,742 to 74,129 (-3,613)
Sullivan: 6,428 to 5,840 (-588)
Susquehanna: 43,356 to 38,434 (-4,922)
Tioga: 41,981 to 41,045 (-936)
Union: 44,947 to 42,681 (-2,266)
Venango: 54,984 to 50,454 (-4,530)
Warren: 41,815 to 38,587 (-3,228)
Washington: 207,820 to 209,349 (+1,529)
Wayne: 52,822 to 51,155 (-1,667)
Westmoreland: 365,169 to 354,663 (-10,506)
Wyoming: 28,276 to 26,069 (-2,207)
York: 434,972 to 456,438 (+21,466)

Impressive numbers for Philadelphia and Cumberland! Basically, everything southeast of Blue mountain is growing with meddling growth or decline northwest of there with just a few exceptions.

Ughm, Allegheny went from hemorrhaging population to growing by nearly 30,000 and that is meddling? This is the first gain in 60 years that is HUGE news for Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh MSA also gained for the first time in 60 years due to this growth! I know you said a few exceptions, but this is a HUGE exception.
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Old 08-13-2021, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Center City Philadelphia
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Ughm, Allegheny went from hemorrhaging population to growing by nearly 30,000 and that is meddling? This is the first gain in 60 years that is HUGE news for Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh MSA also gained for the first time in 60 years due to this growth! I know you said a few exceptions, but this is a HUGE exception.
It's only 2.2% growth which is well below the national average, but yes, that's a good point, it's of course huge news for Pittsburgh!
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Old 08-13-2021, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Ughm, Allegheny went from hemorrhaging population to growing by nearly 30,000 and that is meddling? This is the first gain in 60 years that is HUGE news for Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh MSA also gained for the first time in 60 years due to this growth! I know you said a few exceptions, but this is a HUGE exception.
It's okay. Anything west of I-81 doesn't matter to folks from Philly.
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Old 08-13-2021, 09:00 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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It's only 2.2% growth which is well below the national average, but yes, that's a good point, it's of course huge news for Pittsburgh!
Thank you. That's better!

So basically west of I-81 is Centre County/PSU, Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh exurbs that leak into Butler and Washington Counties that have been the bright spots.

Everywhere else in the Western 2/3 of the state is in slow to moderate decline and will probably continue to be through the 2020's.
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Old 08-13-2021, 09:06 AM
 
Location: Washington County, PA
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Thank you. That's better!

So basically west of I-81 is Centre County/PSU, Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh exurbs that leak into Butler and Washington Counties that have been the bright spots.

Everywhere else in the Western 2/3 of the state is in slow to moderate decline and will probably continue to be through the 2020's.

I actually think this is overall a good thing. Western PA is a beautiful area, maybe more areas can be returning to nature.
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Old 08-13-2021, 09:07 AM
 
Location: Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA
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Population change by county:
What's the time frame for these numbers?
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Old 08-13-2021, 09:09 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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What's the time frame for these numbers?
2010 U.S. Census (April 2010) through 2010 U.S. Census (April 2020).
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Old 08-13-2021, 11:24 AM
 
Location: The Flagship City and Vacation in the Paris of Appalachia
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This was actually not really a big surprise for the city of Erie, I think the bigger surprise was that Erie county also declined and the entire NWPA region declined significantly as well. There has been a perception in Erie that "everybody is moving out of the city and into the county." However, it appears the reality is that people are moving out of the area entirely and I am expecting Erie to continue to decline for the next 10 years and probably drop to about 85,000-88,000 before possibly leveling off and maybe starting to grow again depending on the success of recent economic development and housing initiatives. With that being said, the census count could be a little off for Erie due to the pandemic and the high number of recent refugees in the area who may not have been counted. I predict that refugee resettlement will resume at a higher rate in Erie and the current bayfront and downtown development projects could lead to more young adults living downtown in the near future.

Other than refugee resettlement as a potential for population growth, Erie has some employment issues that need to be addressed before growth is possible. I think Erie needs to offer more diverse employment opportunities with living wage jobs to truly achieve economic and population growth moving forward. Wabtec, formerly GE, has really fallen down the largest employer list and other than Erie Insurance most employers in Erie are relatively small and have limited growth potential. Erie's unique location, attractive bayfront, and livability are all positives, but Erie has had unrealized potential for several decades now and until local business leaders unite and politicians try something different I'm not sure Erie will change very much for the better. During my decade in Erie I have noticed lots of failed economic development groups and initiatives, resistance to change by local politicians/residents, and fragmented urban development that is often stalled or delayed due to political infighting or "the need for more public input." Despite all of these issues, downtown Erie and the Erie bayfront are currently experiencing unprecedented development and there are many construction projects right now that could actually lead to a more vibrant urban core.

https://www.workstats.dli.pa.gov/Doc...nty_Top_50.pdf
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Old 08-13-2021, 11:40 AM
 
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Reading passed Erie, is now number 4. Reading's secret? Be near a big expensive city and take in the poorest of the poor!
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