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Old 06-28-2012, 07:34 AM
 
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2010 Census results
1,526,006 - Philadelphia
305,704 - Pittsburgh
118,032 - Allentown
101,786 - Erie
88,082 - Reading
76,089 - Scranton
74,982 - Bethlehem
59,322 - Lancaster

2011 Census estimates
1,536,471 - Philadelphia
307,484 - Pittsburgh
119,141 - Allentown
101,807 - Erie
88,414 - Reading
75,995 - Scranton
75,266 - Bethlehem
60,058 - Lancaster

Numeric change (2010-2011)
+10,465 - Philadelphia
+1,780 - Pittsburgh
+1,109 - Allentown
+736 - Lancaster
+332 - Reading
+284 - Bethlehem
+21 - Erie
-94 - Scranton

Percent change (2010-2011)
+1.24% - Lancaster
+0.94% - Allentown
+0.69% - Philadelphia
+0.58% - Pittsburgh
+0.38% - Bethlehem*
+0.38% - Reading*
+0.02% - Erie
-0.12% - Scranton

(*: Ties broken by smaller place values.)

After much malaise during the final three decades of the 20th Century, it appears that most of Pennsylvania's largest cities are gaining momentum heading into the second decade of the 21st Century.
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Old 06-28-2012, 08:09 AM
 
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Altoona is creeping closer to that magical 50k threshold.
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Old 06-28-2012, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Do you have the population data for Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg, Altoona, and Johnstown also. While they don't have 50,000 people they are still cities that everyone in PA knows.
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Old 06-28-2012, 09:08 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Wow nice! I think Scranton will start growing again... it seems a lot of NYers are moving to that area... also something needs to be done about Harrisburg so that place doesn't die. Harrisburg has a lot of potential.
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Old 06-28-2012, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Boston Metrowest (via the Philly area)
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Fantastic news! The better off our core urban cities are, the better off Pennsylvania is. Here's to many, many more years of growth.
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Old 06-28-2012, 09:27 AM
 
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Default Minor Pennsylvania cities

2010 Census results

49,528 - Harrisburg
46,320 - Altoona
42,034 - State College
41,498 - Wilkes-Barre
20,978 - Johnstown


2011 Census estimates

49,673 - Harrisburg
46,329 - Altoona
42,499 - State College
41,465 - Wilkes-Barre
20,814 - Johnstown


Numeric change (2010-2011)

+465 - State College
+145 - Harrisburg
+9 - Altoona
-33 - Wilkes-Barre
-164 - Johnstown

Percent change (2010-2011)

+1.11% - State College
+0.29% - Harrisburg
+0.02% - Altoona
-0.07% - Wilkes-Barre
-0.78% - Johnstown


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Old 06-28-2012, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Philly
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how about york?
lancaster is closing in on its 1960 mark

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Old 06-28-2012, 03:46 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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How do they figure the census estimates?
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Old 06-28-2012, 08:33 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Looks like the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area is the state's laggard when it comes to the NATIONAL trend of people flooding back into cities and eschewing the suburbs. It was the same way when I lived there, too. Tragically idiotic leadership is to blame, of course.
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Old 06-28-2012, 08:52 PM
 
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How do they figure the census estimates?
I was curious about this as well.
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