Table 5.3-2 Corridor Population Trends
|
County |
Municipality |
Population |
Numerical Change |
Percentage Change |
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|
1990 |
1998 |
2010 |
2020 |
1990-1998 |
1998-2010 |
1998-2020 |
1990-1998 |
1998-2010 |
1998-2020 |
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|
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia |
1,645,000 |
1,436,287 |
1,524,746 |
1,509,156 |
-208,713 |
88,459 |
72,869 |
-12.69% |
6.16% |
5.07% |
|
Montgomery |
Bridgeport Borough |
4,287 |
4,149 |
4,165 |
4,150 |
-138 |
16 |
1 |
-3.22% |
0.39% |
0.02% |
|
Conshohocken Borough |
8,064 |
8,176 |
8,144 |
8,088 |
112 |
-32 |
-88 |
1.39% |
-0.39% |
-1.08% |
|
|
Limerick Township |
6,691 |
12,346 |
17,269 |
20,594 |
5,655 |
4,923 |
8,248 |
84.52% |
39.88% |
66.81% |
|
|
Lower Merion Township |
58,003 |
56,595 |
57,448 |
57,670 |
-1,408 |
853 |
1,075 |
-2.43% |
1.51% |
1.90% |
|
|
Lower Pottsgrove Township |
8,808 |
10,581 |
11,530 |
12,056 |
1,773 |
949 |
1,475 |
20.13% |
8.97% |
13.94% |
|
|
Lower Providence Township |
19,351 |
21,024 |
21,828 |
22,351 |
1,673 |
804 |
1,327 |
8.65% |
3.82% |
6.31% |
|
|
Narberth Borough |
4,278 |
4,139 |
4,095 |
4,050 |
-139 |
-44 |
-89 |
-3.25% |
-1.06% |
-2.15% |
|
|
Norristown Borough |
30,754 |
29,763 |
29,376 |
29,050 |
-991 |
-387 |
-713 |
-3.22% |
-1.30% |
-2.40% |
|
|
Plymouth Township |
15,958 |
16,131 |
15,487 |
15,207 |
173 |
-644 |
-924 |
1.08% |
-3.99% |
-5.73% |
|
|
Pottstown Borough |
21,831 |
21,465 |
21,512 |
21,501 |
-366 |
47 |
36 |
-1.68% |
0.22% |
0.17% |
|
|
Royersford Borough |
4,458 |
4,441 |
4,368 |
4,327 |
-17 |
-73 |
-114 |
-0.38% |
-1.64% |
-2.57% |
|
|
Springfield Township |
19,599 |
19,743 |
19,405 |
19,297 |
144 |
-338 |
-446 |
0.73% |
-1.71% |
-2.26% |
|
|
Upper Merion Township |
25,722 |
26,825 |
26,583 |
26,732 |
1,103 |
-242 |
-93 |
4.29% |
-0.90% |
-0.35% |
|
|
Upper Pottsgrove Township |
3,315 |
3,577 |
4,224 |
4,650 |
262 |
647 |
1,073 |
7.90% |
18.09% |
30.00% |
|
|
Upper Providence Township |
9,682 |
12,866 |
15,610 |
17,400 |
3,184 |
2,744 |
4,534 |
32.89% |
21.33% |
35.24% |
|
|
West Conshohocken Borough |
1,294 |
1,374 |
1,903 |
2,200 |
80 |
529 |
826 |
6.18% |
38.50% |
60.12% |
|
|
West Norriton Township |
15,209 |
15,065 |
15,153 |
15,251 |
-144 |
88 |
186 |
-0.95% |
0.58% |
1.23% |
|
|
West Pottsgrove Township |
3,829 |
3,694 |
3,704 |
3,701 |
-135 |
10 |
7 |
-3.53% |
0.27% |
0.19% |
|
|
Whitemarsh Township |
14,876 |
14,879 |
15,586 |
15,948 |
3 |
707 |
1,069 |
0.02% |
4.75% |
7.18% |
|
|
Montgomery Total |
276,009 |
286,833 |
297,390 |
304,223 |
10,824 |
10,557 |
17,390 |
3.92% |
3.68% |
6.06% |
|
|
Chester |
East Coventry Township |
4,450 |
4,609 |
5,554 |
6,030 |
159 |
945 |
1,421 |
3.57% |
20.50% |
30.83% |
|
East Pikeland Township |
5,825 |
7,107 |
7,760 |
8,247 |
1,282 |
653 |
1,140 |
22.01% |
9.19% |
16.04% |
|
|
East Vincent Township |
4,161 |
4,784 |
6,167 |
6,870 |
623 |
1,383 |
2,086 |
14.97% |
28.91% |
43.60% |
|
|
North Coventry Township |
7,506 |
7,896 |
8,944 |
9,422 |
390 |
1,048 |
1,526 |
5.20% |
13.27% |
19.33% |
|
|
Phoenixville Borough |
15,066 |
15,207 |
16,016 |
16,304 |
141 |
809 |
1,097 |
0.94% |
5.32% |
7.21% |
|
|
Schuylkill Township |
5,538 |
6,251 |
6,714 |
7,002 |
713 |
463 |
751 |
12.87% |
7.41% |
12.01% |
|
|
Spring City Borough |
3,433 |
3,351 |
3,487 |
3,510 |
-82 |
136 |
159 |
-2.39% |
4.06% |
4.74% |
|
|
Tredyffrin Township |
28,028 |
29,263 |
30,439 |
30,822 |
1,235 |
1,176 |
1,559 |
4.41% |
4.02% |
5.33% |
|
|
Chester Total |
74,007 |
78,468 |
85,081 |
88,207 |
4,461 |
6,613 |
9,739 |
6.03% |
8.43% |
12.41% |
|
|
Berks |
Amity Township |
6,434 |
7,959 |
NA |
7,428 |
1,525 |
NA |
-531 |
23.70% |
NA |
-6.67% |
|
Bern Township |
5,748 |
5,997 |
NA |
7,958 |
249 |
NA |
1,961 |
4.33% |
NA |
32.70% |
|
|
Birdsboro Borough |
4,222 |
4,716 |
NA |
5,327 |
494 |
NA |
611 |
11.70% |
NA |
12.96% |
|
|
Cumru Township |
13,142 |
13,680 |
NA |
16,556 |
538 |
NA |
2,876 |
4.09% |
NA |
21.02% |
|
|
Douglass Township |
3,570 |
3,665 |
NA |
4,133 |
95 |
NA |
468 |
2.66% |
NA |
12.77% |
|
|
Exeter Township |
17,260 |
19,386 |
NA |
23,396 |
2,126 |
NA |
4,010 |
12.32% |
NA |
20.69% |
|
|
Kenhorst Borough |
2,918 |
2,781 |
NA |
2,683 |
-137 |
NA |
-98 |
-4.69% |
NA |
-3.52% |
|
|
Laureldale Borough |
3,726 |
3,645 |
NA |
3,427 |
-81 |
NA |
-218 |
-2.17% |
NA |
-5.98% |
|
|
Lower Alsace Township |
4,627 |
4,561 |
NA |
4,255 |
-66 |
NA |
-306 |
-1.43% |
NA |
-6.71% |
|
|
Mohnton Borough |
2,484 |
2,740 |
NA |
2,714 |
256 |
NA |
-26 |
10.31% |
NA |
-0.95% |
|
|
Mt. Penn Borough |
2,883 |
2,731 |
NA |
2,652 |
-152 |
NA |
-79 |
-5.27% |
NA |
-2.89% |
|
|
Muhlenberg Township |
12,636 |
14,308 |
NA |
11,620 |
1,672 |
NA |
-2,688 |
13.23% |
NA |
-18.79% |
|
|
Reading City |
78,380 |
74,762 |
NA |
72,086 |
-3,618 |
NA |
-2,676 |
-4.62% |
NA |
-3.58% |
|
|
Robeson Township |
5,972 |
6,483 |
NA |
8,752 |
511 |
NA |
2,269 |
8.56% |
NA |
35.00% |
|
|
Shillington Borough |
5,062 |
4,841 |
NA |
4,655 |
-221 |
NA |
-186 |
-4.37% |
NA |
-3.84% |
|
|
Sinking Spring Borough |
2,467 |
2,444 |
NA |
2,268 |
-23 |
NA |
-176 |
-0.93% |
NA |
-7.20% |
|
|
Spring Township |
18,899 |
21,998 |
NA |
22,042 |
3,099 |
NA |
44 |
16.40% |
NA |
0.20% |
|
|
St Lawrence Borough |
1,542 |
1,767 |
NA |
1,806 |
225 |
NA |
39 |
14.59% |
NA |
2.21% |
|
|
Temple Borough |
1,491 |
1,420 |
NA |
1,371 |
-71 |
NA |
-49 |
-4.76% |
NA |
-3.45% |
|
|
Union Township |
3,440 |
3,512 |
NA |
4,805 |
72 |
NA |
1,293 |
2.09% |
NA |
36.82% |
|
|
West Lawn Borough |
1,606 |
1,515 |
NA |
1,476 |
-91 |
NA |
-39 |
-5.67% |
NA |
-2.57% |
|
|
West Reading Borough |
4,142 |
3,970 |
NA |
3,809 |
-172 |
NA |
-161 |
-4.15% |
NA |
-4.06% |
|
|
Wyomissing Borough |
7,332 |
7,527 |
NA |
7,109 |
195 |
NA |
-418 |
2.66% |
NA |
-5.55% |
|
|
Wyomissing Hills Borough |
2,469 |
2,410 |
NA |
3,119 |
-59 |
NA |
709 |
-2.39% |
NA |
29.42% |
|
|
Berks Total |
212,452 |
218,818 |
225,447 |
6,366 |
6,629 |
3.00% |
3.03% |
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|
Corridor Total |
2,207,468 |
2,020,406 |
2,127,033 |
-187,062 |
106,627 |
-8.47% |
5.28% |
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Sources:
1990 BTS: 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Dept. of Transportation
1990 & 1998: US Census Bureau
Philadelphia, Montgomery & Chester 2010, 2020: DVRPC
Berks 1996 & 2017: Berks County Planning Commission (2010 Projections Not Available)