Top 100 Pennsylvania Municipalities 2010 Census

Top 100 Pennsylvania Municipalities 2010 Census

Results include cities, boroughs, townships and municipalities.  Townships have codes beside them to indicate what major city they are near PHL (Philadelphia) HBG (Harrisburg) LANC (Lancaster) RDG (Reading) PGH (PIttsburgh) ABE (Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton).

TOP 100 PA Municipalities (out of 2,574)	Population 2010	Rank
Philadelphia city	1,526,006	1
Pittsburgh city	305,704	2
Allentown city	118,032	3
Erie city	101,786	4
Reading city	88,082	5
Upper Darby township (PHL)	82,795	6
Scranton city	76,089	7
Bethlehem city	74,982	8
Bensalem township (PHL)	60,427	9
Lancaster city	59,322	10
Lower Merion township (PHL)	57,825	11
Abington township (PHL)	55,310	12
Bristol township (PHL)	54,582	13
Millcreek township (Erie)	53,515	14
Harrisburg city	49,528	15
Haverford township (PHL)	48,491	16
Lower Paxton township (HBG)	47,360	17
Altoona city	46,320	18
Middletown township (PHL)	45,436	19
York city	43,718	20
Hempfield township (PGH)	43,241	21
Penn Hills township (PGH)	42,329	22
State College borough	42,034	23
Wilkes-Barre city	41,498	24
Northampton township (PHL)	39,726	25
Manheim township (LANC)	38,133	26
Cheltenham township (PHL)	36,793	27
Norristown borough	34,324	28
Falls township (PHL)	34,300	29
Chester city	33,972	30
Mount Lebanon township (PGH)	33,137	31
Warminster township (PHL)	32,682	32
Lower Makefield township (PHL)	32,559	33
Bethel Park municipality (PGH)	32,313	34
Radnor township (PHL)	31,531	35
Ross township (PGH)	31,105	36
Ridley township (PHL)	30,768	37
Lower Macungie township (ABE)	30,633	38
North Huntingdon township (PGH)	30,609	39
Williamsport city	29,381	40
Tredyffrin township (PHL)	29,332	41
Shaler township (PGH)	28,757	42
McCandless township (PGH)	28,457	43
Upper Merion township (PHL)	28,395	44
Monroeville municipality (PGH)	28,386	45
Cranberry township (PGH)	28,098	46
Hampden township (HBG)	28,044	47
York township (YORK)	27,793	48
Plum borough (PGH)	27,126	49
Spring township (RDG)	27,119	50
Easton city	26,800	51
Whitehall township (ABE)	26,738	52
Springettsbury township (YORK)	26,668	53
Horsham township (PHL)	26,147	54
Upper Dublin township (PHL)	25,569	55
Exeter township (RDG)	25,550	56
Lebanon city	25,477	57
Lower Providence township (PHL)	25,436	58
Hazleton city	25,340	59
Montgomery township (PHL)	24,790	60
Derry township (HBG)	24,679	61
Springfield township (PHL)	24,211	62
Moon township (PGH)	24,185	63
Susquehanna township (HBG)	24,036	64
Upper Moreland township (PHL)	24,015	65
Bethlehem township (ABE)	23,730	66
East Hempfield township (LANC)	23,522	67
Marple township (PHL)	23,428	68
Warrington township (PHL)	23,418	69
Swatara township (HBG)	23,362	70
New Castle city (PGH)	23,273	71
Unity township (PGH)	22,607	72
Pottstown borough	22,377	73
West Goshen township (PHL)	21,866	74
Upper Providence township (PHL)	21,219	75
Peters township (PGH)	21,213	76
Dover township (YORK)	21,078	77
Johnstown city	20,978	78
Palmer township (ABE)	20,691	79
Coolbaugh township (WB/S)	20,564	80
West Mifflin borough (PGH)	20,313	81
Chambersburg borough	20,268	82
East Pennsboro township (HBG)	20,228	83
Murrysville municipality (PGH)	20,079	84
Buckingham township (PHL)	20,075	85
Upper Macungie township (ABE)	20,063	86
Penn township (PGH)	20,005	87
Baldwin borough (PGH)	19,767	88
McKeesport city (PGH)	19,731	89
Muhlenberg township (RDG)	19,628	90
Manor township (LANC)	19,612	91
Springfield township (PHL)	19,418	92
Newtown township (PHL)	19,299	93
Upper St. Clair township (PGH)	19,229	94
Stroud township (Stroudsburg)	19,213	95
South Whitehall township (ABE)	19,180	96
Lower Southampton township (PHL)	18,909	97
West Manchester township (YORK)	18,894	98
Whitpain township (PHL)	18,875	99
Carlisle borough	18,682

Pottstown Pennsylvania – The Land That Time Forgot

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Evidently we live in a time warp in Pottstown.  Forward momentum and progress are alien concepts here.  Instead we prefer to stick our heads in the sand, cling to the past (and our favorite elementary school) and refuse to look at the grim reality that lies ahead.

Pottstown School District and Pottstown Borough cannot afford to continue to operate in “Leave It To Beaver” mode any longer.  There are serious financial challenges that lie ahead and they need to be addressed in creative and thoughtful ways.  Instead, we have people like Responsible Tom who are trying to push Pottstown back into the 1950’s.

In case nobody has paid attention, the world has changed drastically from the days of Laverne, Shirley and the Fonz (whoa).  People have different expectations these days.   Parents want modern schools with state of the art technology for their children’s education – or at least the middle class, home owning families we are “supposedly” trying to attract to stabilize our tax base do.

Fixing up five old buildings will leave us with five temporarily fixed up old buildings.  Down the road, this problem will have to be painfully addressed again.

The Task Force spent a long time pouring over information.  A variety of people, from all facets of Pottstown life, were included on the Task Force to make sure there would be good representation from all segments of the community.  Now the Task Force has reached their decision and we want to totally invalidate the time and effort they put into this project because some people do not like the outcome.

Progress and change are not easy.  It is painful for many people.  However, for this community to survive and prosper, change must happen.  We can NOT please everyone nor should we try to.  However, in this land that time forgot, where a tiny fraction of the public votes, attends school board or borough council meetings, we continue to delay the inevitable reality that irresponsible spending will only continue to compound our already tenuous financial position.

We need to run the borough and the school district like businesses and stop spending money we do not have before the financial bottom falls out of everything.  If you can’t afford something at home, you don’t buy it.  The same should hold true with spending taxpayer’s money.  We have champagne taste and a beer pocketbook here in Hyltonville.  It’s about time we snap into reality.  Somebody needs to bite the bullet and “let go” of something so that the entire community can move forward.  Until that time comes, Pottstown will be “the land that time forgot”

I leave you with a story.

The Child and the Filberts

A child (taxpayer) put their hand into a pitcher full of filberts (elementary schools). They grasped as many as they could hold (5), but when they tried to pull out their hand, they were prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher (bank account). Unwilling to lose their filberts (elementary schools), and yet unable to withdraw their hand, the child burst into tears and bitterly lamented their disappointment. A bystander said to the child, “Be satisfied with half the quantity (elementary schools), and you will readily draw out your hand.”