Philadelphia City Population - Pennsylvania

Data Item State City
Population, 2019 estimate - (Number)
Year Value
19901,581,340
19911,565,788
19921,548,998
19931,535,794
19941,519,562
19951,496,334
19961,471,593
19971,451,652
19981,434,968
19991,417,601
20001,513,800
20011,512,507
20021,510,550
20031,510,068
20041,514,658
20051,517,628
20061,520,251
20071,530,031
20081,540,351
20091,547,297
20101,528,293
20111,540,322
20121,551,797
20131,558,371
20141,565,604
20151,571,258
20161,576,390
20171,580,221
20181,584,138

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (PEP), updated annually. Population and Housing Unit Estimates

Definitions:

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Resident Population - All persons who are "usually resident" in a specified geographic area. For the United States, the resident population includes all persons who usually reside in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, but excludes residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Island areas under U.S. sovereignty or jurisdiction (principally American Samoa, Guam, United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). In addition, the U.S. resident population excludes U.S. Armed Forces overseas and civilian U.S. citizens whose usual place of residence is outside the United States.

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Population percent change - The difference between the population of an area at the beginning and end of a time period, expressed as a percentage of the beginning population.

Methodology for U.S. and Puerto Rico