Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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The city of Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Philadelphia lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight savings time.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Philadelphia had a population of 1,517,550 people. This represented 12.35% of the total population of Pennsylvania, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<1> for 2007, Philadelphia had a population of 1,449,634 people. This is a decrease of 4.48% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Philadelphia).

Philadelphia is 40 feet [12.19 m] above sea level.^<2>

Official Website:   www.phila.gov/

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Philadelphia. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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