Census 2010: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lancaster: dangerous, shop, moving to)

[Craziaskowboi]

Any general information about Pennsylvania released from the U.S. Census can go here. This should be a good one-stop shop for any additional information that comes out.

[Craziaskowboi]

Something that caught my eye: Ohio is now both whiter and blacker than Pennsylvania. Ohio has always been blacker than Pennsylvania, but never before has it been whiter than Pennsylvania as well, until now.

White population percentage

Ohio: 82.7%
Pennsylvania: 81.9%

Black population percentage

Ohio: 12.2%
Pennsylvania: 10.8%

Obviously, the difference in Pennsylvania has been compensated for in its Asian and Hispanic populations.

Asian population

Ohio: 1.7%
Pennsylvania: 2.7%

Hispanic population

Ohio: 3.1%
Pennsylvania: 5.7%

[pman]

the hispanic population in PA grew 82.6%, OH sucks

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by pman

the hispanic population in PA grew 82.6%

Not many have jumped over the mountains, though. Pittsburgh is one of the few major U.S. metropolitan areas to have a larger Asian population than Hispanic population.

[pman]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Not many have jumped over the mountains, though. Pittsburgh is one of the few major U.S. metropolitan areas to have a larger Asian population than Hispanic population.

they've made it as far west as the beginning of the mountains...particularly in the southern part of the state

[Craziaskowboi]

I took the time to break down the population data for the following 20 counties in eastern Pennsylvania: Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill and York.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/DBR96/EasternPennsylvania-1.png (broken link)

The total population of the 20-county region is 7,396,902. The racial composition is 75.7% white (5,596,563), 14.7% black (1,090,773), 3.8% Asian (279,096), 0.3% American Indian (19,760), 2.2% multiracial (162,326), and 8.3% of Hispanic origin (616,028).

[Craziaskowboi]

Pennsylvania now has a population of 12,702,379. That's an increase of 421,325 people over the 2000 Census (12,281,054), or 3.4%. That makes two decades in a row with a 3.4% population increase. If this pattern holds for a third consecutive decade, Pennsylvania's population will be 13,134,260 in 2020.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Pennsylvania now has a population of 12,702,379. That's an increase of 421,325 people over the 2000 Census (12,281,054), or 3.4%. That makes two decades in a row with a 3.4% population increase. If this pattern holds for a third consecutive decade, Pennsylvania's population will be 13,134,260 in 2020.

Not too shabby for the washed-up "Rust Belt." I think the state has clearly taken a turn toward steady growth in the long-term, and this Census confirms that. Thanks for posting this data, and let's hope Western PA can join the East in population growth by 2020.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Duderino

Not too shabby for the washed-up "Rust Belt." I think the state has clearly taken a turn toward steady growth in the long-term, and this Census confirms that. Thanks for posting this data.

It's even more impressive when you consider that Pennsylvania is dangerously close to having a natural population decrease (births minus deaths). In other words, virtually all of Pennsylvania's population growth in the last 10 years is the result of people moving to the state, whether it be from other states or other countries.

What's also interesting is that among its peer states -- Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Ohio -- Pennsylvania is the only one that has shifted to a positive net domestic migration rate. The rest of them remain strongly negative.

[ki0eh]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

What's also interesting is that among its peer states -- Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Ohio -- Pennsylvania is the only one that has shifted to a positive net domestic migration rate. The rest of them remain strongly negative.

I suspect a lot of that is due to PA occupying land that is exurban sprawl zone for out of state cities such as Baltimore, NY City, and Wilmington. I don't think movement for the shale drilling into the Northern Tier showed up much by 4/1/10, my feeling is Tioga's minor increase was from retirees resettling.