More Population Notes

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A commenter notes that Pittsburgh enjoyed net domestic in-migration in 2009, for the first time in ages. Philadelphia didn’t quite manage that, but it did manage net population growth.

Comments

  1. Chris says:
    March 23, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    Much of that may be due to Marcellus shale workers, as said in previous comments. I hope they stay too, Pittsburgh is a great place to live.

    I do have one question though: is this data for the City of Pittsburgh or for the Pittsburgh metro area? The City itself is quite small, 300,000 some people in a not-so-large geographic area. Allegheny County, which contains Pittsburgh, however, is large. A lot of people who call themselves “Pittsburghers” acually live in Mt. Lebanon, Scott Twp, Castle Shannon, Homestead, etc.

  2. Jim Russell says:
    March 23, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    It’s MSA data and much bigger than the City of Pittsburgh.

  3. Jim Russell says:
    March 23, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    Perhaps more significantly, Allegheny County reports net domestic inmigration for the period. The county actually stopped shrinking even considering natural decrease. However, the MSA continued to shrink.