Greater Philadelphia has a total 2009 population of 6.1 million people.

• 2nd largest on the East Coast in terms of employment and population.
• 5th largest metropolitan region in the U.S. in terms of population, following only New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas.
• A total of 46.1 million persons currently reside within 200 miles of downtown Philadelphia, second highest among 12 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 $1.46 trillion, second highest among the 12 cities*.

*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).