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. 
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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 
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