Distribution and production in the Philadelphia Area

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Identifikator:: 1828226742

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217445

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Distribution and production in the Philadelphia Area

Place of publication:: Philadelphia, Pa.

Publisher:: Philadelphia Business Progress Association

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 13 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

Collection:: Economics Books

METROPOLITAN AREA OF PHILADELPHIA WEALTH AND INDUSTRY Metropolitan Philadelphia Suburban Total 1,228.67 2,934,920 $2,550,000,000 192,800 40,900 $1,054,992,000 7.218 348,300 $466,250,000 $2 591.000.000 U. S. (Continental) Total | Percent Area (sq. mi.) .....ccvvnne Population .........cc000e. Spendable Income* ........ [Incomes $1,000-$5,000 ...... [ncomes $5,000 and over .... Retail Purchases ........... Industrial Establishments .. Wage Earners ........eee0. WORE ouve somes snvase ’ 7alite of Products .... . «“Spendable Income” includes all business profits, salaries, wages and investment income, receivable in money, thus excluding only home or farm services not paid in money; and inventory gains and surpluses not con- vertible into current income. These figures are based on the National Income Studies of the National Bureau 9f Economic Research. New York. 2,978,774 121,572,000 $85,680,000,000 6,909,400 1,990,700 $41,500,000,000 195,000 8,325,000 $10,950,000,000 $62.750.000.000 0.04 2.40 2,00 2.80 2.10 2.50 270 4.10 4.21 412 METROPOLITAN AREA OF PHILADELPHIA AREA AND POPULATION Population Square Miles Percent of iI. S. 1929 Estimates Total Dengitv* 1920 Census " DengitvE Total Growth Percent Metropolitan: chiladelphia .. Suburban ..... Total ..... Pennsylvania .. United States | Continental) . | 2,973,774.00 | 100.000 * Density means population per square mile. % By Regional Planning Federation of Philadelphia. GROWTH OF METROPOLITAN AREA Particular attention is drawn to the above per cent of growth of the Metropolitan Area. The tremendous growth of this territory is in that section surrounding the City of Philadelphia. The table above indicates that the Metropolitan Area’s growth since 1920 was 1.41 times as rapid as the entire state of Pennsylvania, and 1.87 times ag fast as the entire United States, (Continental). METROPOLITAN AREA OF PHILADELPHIA POPULATION STATISTICS SUMMARY Counties PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia ....... .. BUCKS ..covvrearrinran Shester «...oossuvcives Delaware ......oovevne Montgomery .... . ... Total, Penna. ...... NEW JERSEY Burlington .......coce. IAC wos suns inure ven Floucester ............ Total, N. J. ....... Grand Total ........ Cities all Rorog. | Area—1926 Twos. (sq. mi Population 1920 Census T1929 Est + 129.71 6 113.69 | 8 103.09 17 156.70 on 267.73 270 G9 2,069,400 32,085 27,925 262,950 185,760 9 KTR 190 1,823,779 26,198 25,192 168,032 145,080 2,188,281 2 23 13 141.57 \ 61,330 50,494 | To 191.96 zis 185,596 6 124.22 + 32,091 28 - 467.75 356,800 268,181 : 79 | 1,228.67 2,934,920 | 2,456,462 Nir br

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