Delaware Valley
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'''Delaware Valley'''
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| Population: | 5,951,797 | |
| Total Area: | N/A | |
| Largest City: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Highest Elevation: | N/A m | |
| Lowest Elevation: | N/A | |
| Largest State: | Pennsylvania 119,283km² | |
| Smallest State: | Delaware 6,452 km² | |
| Census Bureau Divisions | * N/A * N/A | |
The Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Combined Statistical Area, is named for the Delaware River which flows through the region.
The Delaware Valley is composed of several counties in Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and contains a population of 5,951,797 (as of the 2005 Census Bureau estimate). Philadelphia, being the region's major commercial and industrial center, maintains a rather large sphere of influence that affects those counties that immediately surround it. The majority of the region's populous reside in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The Delaware Valley once had stagnating population growth, but over the past twenty years the area has been gaining population at a rate of 10.6% on average. The area boasts safe, prospering suburbs and cities, cleaner air then most metropolitan areas, and cultural and ethnic enclaves. The area boasts a large influx of foreign born residents, hailing from many countries across Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe. The area has the one of the largest populations of Koreans and Indians in the country, along with African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and many Europeans, especially Italians, Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, and Irish.Template:Fact
Many residents commute to jobs in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and increasingly as far as New York City, with the help of expressways and trains. Commutes from one suburb to another are also common, as office parks have sprung up in new commercial centers such as King of Prussia and Plymouth Meeting.
The area has extensive suburban sprawl. There are two Levittowns: Levittown, Pennsylvania, and Willingboro, New Jersey. King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey are two of the largest suburban edge cities. Philadelphians, migrants, and immigrants continue to spread out. Malls, office complexes, strip shopping plazas, expressways, and tract housing are common sites, and more and more are continued to be constructed. Older small towns and large boroughs such as Norristown, Jenkintown and West Chester remain while engulfed in suburbia.
The Delaware Valley is the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States, and is located in the middle of the BosWash megalopolis, the name given for a group of metropolitan areas in the northeastern United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C.
It should also be noted that, although on a much smaller scale, the northeastern corner of Pennsylvania has an area known as the Delaware Valley. Even though the Delaware River borders the entire right side of the state, there are only two regions that call themselves the Delaware Valley.
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Counties making up the Delaware Valley
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
NOTE: The 2000 U.S. Census amended previous estimates (based on commuting patterns) of Mercer County, New Jersey and the city of Trenton, moving the county from the Philadelphia metropolitan area to the New York metropolitan area; however, in geographic terms, Mercer County is still considered part of the Delaware Valley.
Pennsylvania
Primary Cities
Airports
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE)
- New Castle Airport (ILG)
See also
External links
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Delaware River Basin Commission
- Delaware Riverkeeper Network
| Image:Flag of New Jersey.svg | State of New Jersey</span> |
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| Capital | Trenton |
| Regions | Central Jersey | Delaware Valley | Jersey Shore | Meadowlands | North Jersey | Pine Barrens | South Jersey | New York metro area | Tri-State Region |
| Major Cities | Atlantic City | Bayonne | Camden | Clifton | East Orange | Elizabeth | Hackensack | Hoboken | Jersey City | Linden | Long Branch | New Brunswick | Newark | Passaic | Paterson | Perth Amboy | Plainfield | Princeton | Union City | Vineland | In addition to the major cities listed, All Municipalities (by Population) |
| Counties | Atlantic | Bergen | Burlington | Camden | Cape May | Cumberland | Essex | Gloucester | Hudson | Hunterdon | Mercer | Middlesex | Monmouth | Morris | Ocean | Passaic | Salem | Somerset | Sussex | Union | Warren |
| State capital: Dover Counties: Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County |
| Image:Flag of Maryland.svg |
State of Maryland |
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| State capital: | |
| Regions: |
Western | Southern | Eastern Shore | Baltimore-Washington Metro Area | Chesapeake | Delaware Valley |
| Notable Cities: | Baltimore | Bowie | College Park | Cumberland | Frederick | Gaithersburg | Greenbelt | Hagerstown | Hyattsville | Laurel | Rockville | Salisbury | Takoma Park | Westminster |
| Counties: |
Allegany | Anne Arundel | Baltimore City | Baltimore County | Calvert | Caroline | Carroll | Cecil | Charles | Dorchester | Frederick | Garrett | Harford | Howard | Kent | Montgomery | Prince George's | Queen Anne's | St. Mary's | Somerset | Talbot | Washington | Wicomico | Worcester |
