Greater Philadelphia has:

• Total 2006 population of 6.1 million people.
• Total employment in 2007 of 2.9 million jobs. 
• 2nd largest on the East Coast in terms of employment, population and income.  
• 4th largest metropolitan region in the U.S. population, following only New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. 
• 6th highest gross metro product.
• 5th largest total personal income.
• 4th largest media market.
• A total of 45.7 million persons currently reside within 200 miles of downtown Philadelphia, second highest among 11 cities analyzed* and second only to New York City's total of 48.8 million.
• The total income of the population within the 200 mile radius was $1.3 trillion, second highest among the 11 cities*.

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007. Bureau of Census, 2007. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2007. Global Insights, 2007. *The Claritas demographic data based was used to estimate the total population, households and income located within a 200 mile radius of downtown Philadelphia; estimates were also derived for 10 other large cities (New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco).