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Philadelphia, PA-NJ MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 4,884,456-- ----
1971 4,912,6000.628,144 ----
1972 4,900,000-0.3-12,600 ----
1973 4,860,300-0.8-39,700 ----
1974 4,837,600-0.5-22,700 ----
1975 4,827,100-0.2-10,500 ----
1976 4,820,200-0.1-6,900 ----
1977 4,804,000-0.3-16,200 ----
1978 4,785,300-0.4-18,700 ----
1979 4,786,7000.01,400 ----
1980 4,781,235-0.1-5,465 ----
1981 4,789,8430.28,608 85,49659,266--
1982 4,793,4620.13,619 69,73946,431--
1983 4,794,6620.01,200 69,89946,648--
1984 4,807,3720.312,710 69,93246,899--
1985 4,818,8380.211,466 71,57147,859--
1986 4,853,3880.734,550 73,98148,486--
1987 4,893,9590.840,571 76,11648,661--
1988 4,922,1730.628,214 77,81949,074--
1989 4,926,8490.14,676 79,16448,893--
1990 4,922,257-0.1-4,592 59,80436,484--
1991 4,955,8000.733,543 100,54958,57810,431-38,861
1992 4,971,8600.316,060 77,77548,1539,968-39,250
1993 4,994,9610.523,101 75,61248,3819,566-29,811
1994 5,017,0080.422,047 72,94749,2919,273-21,435
1995 5,033,4270.316,419 71,50148,86310,203-30,284
1996 5,042,7180.29,291 68,79248,75210,572-34,691
1997 5,049,4820.16,764 67,05749,96511,281-35,729
1998 5,067,0300.317,548 66,23048,20010,189-25,315
1999 5,084,5400.317,510 67,04148,58310,189-23,946
2000 5,100,9310.316,391 ----
2001 5,114,1940.313,263 82,66561,63216,165-20,291
2002 5,130,2950.316,101 65,87749,30211,532-8,678
2003 5,144,3190.314,024 67,20249,4929,431-8,784
2004 5,160,9210.316,602 68,26849,01810,070-9,824
2005 5,170,1860.29,265 67,10148,6529,969-15,553
2006 5,183,6350.313,449 67,84747,55411,283-16,489
2007 5,197,5090.313,874 68,52647,3979,793-17,279
2008 5,208,9040.211,395 68,90547,7609,915-20,233
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.

 
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