Population, Pennsylvania's 15 Largest Cities, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
Municipality	April 1, 2000 Estimates Base	July 1, 2004 Estimate	July 1, 2005 Estimate	Numeric Change 2000 Estimate Base to July 1, 2004	Percent Change 2000 Estimate Base to July 1, 2005	Numeric Change July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005	Percent Change July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005
Abington township	55,991	55,548	55,265	-726	-1.3	-283	-0.5
Allentown city	106,632	106,578	106,992	360	0.3	414	0.4
Bensalem township	58,434	58,538	58,745	311	0.5	207	0.4
Bethlehem city	52,300	53,514	53,535	1,235	2.4	21	0.0
Bristol township	55,568	54,780	54,586	-982	-1.8	-194	-0.4
Erie city	103,688	102,739	102,612	-1,076	-1.0	-127	-0.1
Haverford township	49,608	48,847	48,767	-841	-1.7	-80	-0.2
Lancaster city	56,356	55,039	54,757	-1,599	-2.8	-282	-0.5
Lower Merion township	58,740	58,453	58,219	-521	-0.9	-234	-0.4
Millcreek township	52,158	52,657	52,666	508	1.0	9	0.0
Philadelphia city	1,517,550	1,471,255	1,463,281	-54,269	-3.6	-7,974	-0.5
Pittsburgh city	334,563	320,828	316,718	-17,845	-5.3	-4,110	-1.3
Reading city	81,207	80,701	80,855	-352	-0.4	154	0.2
Scranton city	76,081	73,629	73,120	-2,961	-3.9	-509	-0.7
Upper Darby township	81,821	79,836	79,620	-2,201	-2.7	-216	-0.3
Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center
June 21, 2006
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Division