| Census Data 2000 - Greater Philadelphia Area | |
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The forms were mailed out and returned, the field workers tracked down the missing and unwilling, the office staff tabulated the counts and the results are in!
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania population count is:
12,281,054
representing an increase of a little over 3% from the 1990 count of 11,881,643.
The combined counties of the Philadelphia region make up about 41% of the total at:
5,036,646
A breakdown of the statewide population by race follows:
| White | 85.4% | 10,484,203 |
| Black
or African American |
10.0 | 1,224,612 |
| Asian | 1.8 | 219,813 |
| Some other race | 1.5 | 188,437 |
| Two or more races | 1.2 | 142,224 |
| American
Indian and Alaska Native |
0.1 | 18,348 |
| Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
< 0.1 | 3,417 |
Census
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