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Originally Posted by Urbanthusiat

Another metric to consider which goes against the idea we're losing population - the City had 9,000 more more jobs in February 2023 than it did in February 2020, the last month before Covid dropped employment significantly. So we're supposed to believe we have 9,000 more jobs, but fewer people? Again, just doesn't sync up, don't need to beat a dead horse any further...

Very good point. That could also suggest that any population loss is heavily concentrated in the non-working age category (and it wouldn't be super shocking that there may now be a pent up wave of "baby boomers" who are finally heading south for good after the pandemic).

But most critically that would mean population loss is not coming at the expense of Philadelphia's core economic productivity or workforce.