Center City | |
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 The Schuylkill River (foreground) and Center City Philadelphia (background) in July 2016 | |
 Center City within Philadelphia | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′07″N 75°09′50″W / 39.952°N 75.164°W | |
| Country |  US |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Philadelphia |
| City | Philadelphia |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.7 sq mi (20 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 202,000 |
| • Density | 26,234/sq mi (10,129/km2) |
| ZIP Codes | 19102, 19103, 19106–19107, 19109, 19146–19147 |
Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous with Philadelphia County.
The area has grown to the second-most densely populated downtown area in the United States (after Midtown Manhattan in New York City), with an estimated 202,000 residents in 2020 and a population density of 26,234 per square mile.[3]
- ^ "2018 State of Center City Philadelphia" (PDF). 2018 State of Center City Philadelphia. centercityphila.org. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "2022 State of Center City Philadelphia" (PDF). 2018 State of Center City Philadelphia. centercityphila.org. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "2022 State of Center City Philadelphia" (PDF). 2022 State of Center City Philadelphia. centercityphila.org. Retrieved September 4, 2022.