Seal of Philadelphia
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Philadelphia:
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the second-largest city on the East Coast of the United States after New York City, and the fifth-most-populous city in the United States.[1]
Philadelphia is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, and it is the only consolidated city-county in Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 1,526,006,[2] growing to 1,547,607 in 2012 by Census estimates.[3][4] Philadelphia is the economic and cultural center of the Delaware Valley, home to over 6 million people and the country's sixth-largest metropolitan area.
- ^ Gammage, Jeff (March 11, 2012). "Against all odds, Philadelphia retakes No.5 spot among largest U.S. cities". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ "Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 1, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ^ Dylan Purcell and Karie Simmons (March 15, 2013). "Census: Phila. keeps on growing". Philly.com. Retrieved April 1, 2013.