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DC has slowed down considerably since the early 2010s....nowhere near the same growth rate now.
Slowed down from 100k/year to 85k/year, way above the 15k/year in Philly. So very likely DC surpassed Philly this year for MSA population. It's already surpassed Philly for total jobs.
Good point, Philly could actually be 9th by then, forgot about Miami.
Atlanta's averaging 82k net growth/year vs. 14k net/growth in Philly. Currently 437k to go, growing 68k faster per year. That's about six years from this 2014 data. However, Atlanta's growth was 92k last 12 months, which would have it surpassing Philly in 2019.
6 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,051,170 5,965,343 +1.44%
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,033,737 5,636,232 +7.05%
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,929,819 5,564,635 +6.56%
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,614,323 5,286,728 +6.20%
Should I feel cooler since Philly's population has been higher than D.C's since the first log was laid by the Swedish? If anything Pennsylvania's economy is going to rebound looking farther out than 2020. Currently one of the oldest state's in the country, the population is going to be drastically different in 2035. This has a big effect on the amount of taxes the state needs to collect at the end of the day.
Last edited by thedirtypirate; 06-17-2015 at 07:03 PM..
Going back to Seattle vs. Philly. This year, Sea-Tac is on pace to surpass 40 million passengers, 13% more than last year, and 10 million more than PHL, an airport which was busier than Sea-Tac as recently as 2007.
Currently Sea-Tac is on pace to handle 4.5 million international pax, up over 15% annually, which would put its international traffic ahead of Philly's for the first time ever.
DC's GDP is more than 20% higher. But please don't let facts get in the way of your blind homerism.
I should have wrote population. makes no difference.
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