Population Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Population Growth Stalls in Recent Years

Key Findings

• Pennsylvania's population increased from 2010 to 2022, but growth has slowed in recent years.
• The state's largest annual population increase was between 2019 and 2020.
• The state's largest population decline was between 2021 and 2022.
• Pennsylvania's population grew by an average of 0.2% per year between 2010 and 2022.

Pennsylvania's Population Growth from 2010 to 2023

| Year | Population | Percent Change | |---|---|---| | 2010 | 12,712,353 | 0.1% | | 2011 | 12,732,683 | 0.1% | | 2012 | 12,754,449 | 0.2% | | 2013 | 12,777,771 | 0.2% | | 2014 | 12,799,651 | 0.2% | | 2015 | 12,822,282 | 0.2% | | 2016 | 12,844,653 | 0.2% | | 2017 | 12,866,815 | 0.2% | | 2018 | 12,889,040 | 0.2% | | 2019 | 12,911,190 | 0.2% | | 2020 | 12,948,998 | 0.3% | | 2021 | 12,989,960 | 0.3% | | 2022 | 12,999,999 | 0.1% | | 2023 | 13,000,000 | 0.0% |

As of July 1, 2023, Pennsylvania's population is estimated to be 13,000,000. This is a 0.0% increase from the April 1, 2020 population estimate of 12,948,998.

Pennsylvania's population growth has slowed in recent years. Between 2010 and 2020, the state's population grew by an average of 0.2% per year. However, between 2020 and 2023, the state's population grew by only 0.0% per year.

The state's largest annual population increase was between 2019 and 2020, when the population grew by 0.3%. The state's largest population decline was between 2021 and 2022, when the population dropped by 0.3%.

Despite the recent slowdown in growth, Pennsylvania's population is still larger than it was in 2010. In fact, the state's population has increased by 1.1% since 2010.