Center City, Philadelphia

Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous with Philadelphia County.

Center City
Neighborhood
The Schuylkill River (foreground) and Center City Philadelphia (background) in July 2007
Center City within Philadelphia
Coordinates: 39.952°N 75.164°W / 39.952; -75.164
Country US
StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia
CityPhiladelphia
Area
  Total7.7 sq mi (20 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total69,433
  Density32,151/sq mi (12,414/km2)
ZIP Codes
19102, 19103, 19106–19107, 19109, 19146–19147

The area has grown to the second-most densely populated downtown area in the United States after Midtown Manhattan in New York City with an estimated 202,100 residents in 2020 and a population density of 26,284 per square mile.

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