Pennsylvania’s growth lags

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LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: Population growth in Pennsylvania has stalled, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual estimates of where people live in the United States…

Pennsylvania remains one of the nation’s most populous states — with 4 percent of the total population.

But it added just 9,000 people since 2012, or less than a 0.1 percent uptick. That many people could fit in Allentown’s Coca-Cola Park… (more)

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  1. Anonymous

    Given PA’s tax policies I am not surprised. It goes like this. Repressive taxes = fewer jobs. Fewer jobs = fewer people who want to live here = anemic population growth.

    I wonder how many of the 12 million+ residents are here illegally? Would PA have a net population loss without those here illegally? Probably.

  2. Anonymous

    Very good news! Now if we can just stop paving over the land we have we’ll be in great shape!

    The article also helps to point out that the affordable housing crisis is mostly a farce. Obviously residential construction has not stopped and the number of occupants per dwelling has dropped.

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