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Delaware Valley is the name of the metropolitan area centered on the city of Philadelphia in the United States. The region is named for the Delaware River which flows through it. The Office of Management and Budget officially defines the region as the
Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington United States metropolitan area.
The Delaware Valley is composed of several counties in Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and contains a population of 5.8 million (as of the 2006 Census Bureau estimate). Philadelphia, being the region's major commercial, cultural, and industrial center, maintains a rather large sphere of influence that affects those counties that immediately surround it. The majority of the region's populace reside in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the
United States Rankings for Metropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 and is located towards the southern end of the
BosWash Megalopolis (term), the name given for a group of metropolitan areas in the northeastern United States, extending from
Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C.
Based on commuter flows, a wider labor market region known as the Philadelphia–Camden–Vineland combined statistical area (CSA) is additionally defined. This wider region adds the metropolitan areas of Vineland and Reading and has a total population of 6.3 million.
Despite the area's size and dominance in 4 states, no state capitals are within the Delaware Valley (Philadelphia) Metropolitan Area. Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, is on the Delaware River and was formerly part of the Delaware Valley, but since 2000 has officially been part of the New York Metro Area.
Character
The area has extensive suburban sprawl. King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and
Cherry Hill, New Jersey are two of the largest suburban edge city. Philadelphia's suburbs contain a high concentration of malls including the
King of Prussia Mall, the largest on the East Coast and the Cherry Hill Mall in
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the first enclosed mall on the East Coast. Malls, office complexes, strip shopping plazas, expressways, and tract housing are common sites, and more and more are continued to be constructed as these replace rolling countryside, farms, woods, and wetlands. However, recent opposition made by residents and political officials, many acres of land have been preserved throughout the Delaware Valley. Older small towns and large boroughs such as Norristown, Pennsylvania, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and
West Chester, Pennsylvania remain while engulfed in suburbia. The fastest growing counties are
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, and Gloucester County, New Jersey. Many of the counties outside the metropolitan area are also experiencing rapid growth, such as
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and
Berks County. South Jersey is experiencing faster growth than the rest of the state.
Population change
The Delaware Valley lost population in the 1970s, but has since rebounded. After each passing decade, the population increases more. It is predicted that the region will grow by as much as 10% from 2000 to 2010, which is faster than the national average. The area boasts safe, prospering suburbs and cities, cleaner air than 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,
Africa, the
Middle East, and
Europe.
Counties making up the Delaware Valley
Delaware
- New Castle County, Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
- Berks County, Pennsylvania (Reading metropolitan area) (added by the Census Bureau in 2005http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2006/b06-01_rev_2.pdf)
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Primary Cities
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Camden, New Jersey
- Reading, Pennsylvania (added by the Census Bureau in 2005 http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2006/b06-01_rev_2.pdf)
- Vineland, New Jersey
Counties Adjacent to the Delaware Valley
The counties listed below are not physically or officially part of the Delaware Valley, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. However, these counties have seen increased growth and growing links to the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and the Delaware Valley in recent years. This trend is due to increased economic trade and transportation links to the Delaware Valley. In recent decades, there has also been a rapid trend of out migration from Philadelphia and its suburbs by commuters and others seeking lower housing prices and a lower cost of living, further linking these counties with the greater Philadelphia area.
While unlikely in the near future, it is not impossible to assume that some of these counties will one day be considered part of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and the Delaware Valley if rapid population and economic growth continues. For example,
Berks County, Pennsylvania, which long bordered the Delaware Valley, was recently added to the metropolitan area by the U.S. Census in 2005.
Lehigh County and Northampton County, Pennsylvania continue to remain distinct, since they receive more migrants from the
New York City metropolitan area than the Delaware Valley.
In contrast,
Mercer County, New Jersey had formerly been part of the Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area. However, it was redesignated as part of the
New York Metropolitan Area in 2000.
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Transportation
Many residents commute to jobs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Camden, New Jersey,
Wilmington, Delaware, 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, Pennsylvania,
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania,
Cherry Hill, and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
Commuter Rail
- SEPTA Regional Rail
- R1 (SEPTA) Airport Route connecting Central Philadelphia with Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties and R1 Glenside route serving North Philadelphia and Montgomery County
- R2 (SEPTA) Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Delaware route connecting the Wilmington, DE area (with limited weekday service to Newark, DE), via Chester City and Delaware County and R2 Warminster route serving southeastern Montgomery County.
- R3 (SEPTA) West Trenton connecting Central Philadelphia northern to the Trenton, NJ area, serving Bucks County, PA between Jenkintown, PA and Yardley, PA, with the final stop in West Trenton, NJ. R3 Media/Elwyn (southern) route connecting Philadelphia to central Delaware County.
- R5 (SEPTA) Paoli/Downingtown/Thorndale route connecting Philadelphia with the affluent Main Line area and western Chester County near Coatesville and R5 Lansdale/Doylestown connecting Philadelphia with Lansdale in central Montgomery County and Doylestown in Bucks County.
- R6 (SEPTA) Norristown route connecting Philadelphia with Conshohocken and Norristown in Montgomery County and R6 Cynwyd route connecting Philadelphia with Bala Cynwyd on the Philadelphia/Montgomery County line.
- R7 (SEPTA) Trenton Route connecting Philadelphia to the Trenton, NJ, serving Bucks County and R7 Chestnut Hill East line connecting Central Philadelphia with Chestnut Hill area of city.
- R8 (SEPTA) Chestnut Hill West route connecting Central Philadelphia to Chestnut Hill area and R8 Fox Chase connecting Central Philadelphia with Fox Chase area in Philadelphia.
- New Jersey Transit
- Atlantic City Line connecting Philadelphia to Atlantic City, NJ with connections to PATCO Speedline in Lindenwold, NJ
- River Line (New Jersey Transit) connecting Camden (NJ) to Trenton (NJ) running along the east bank of the Delaware River
Major highways
Airports
Colleges and Universities
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lexicon note
Some believe that the term "Delaware Valley" is subtly different than "Greater Philadelphia." "Greater Philadelphia" implies that the region is centered on the city in an economic and cultural context, while "Delaware Valley" is a more generic geographic term that doesn't imply that any part is of more consequence than any other. Several organizations, such as KYW (AM) and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, consciously use the term "Greater Philadelphia" to assert their view that Philadelphia is the center of the region, and that the suburbs are only relevant as, in GPTMC's terms, "Philadelphia's countryside."
Many who work and live in the suburbs and rarely if ever visit the city don't agree and tend to use the term "Delaware Valley," which lacks the dominant city vs. dependent suburbs subtext. Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.
WPVI-TV uses the slogan, "The Delaware Valley's leading news program" for their Action News broadcast, since that program has led the ratings for news programs in the Philadelphia market for over 30 years.
The Delaware Valley is also sometimes called "the
Tri-State area," referring to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
References
External links
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Delaware River Basin Commission
- Delaware Riverkeeper Network
- Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
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Delaware Valley is the name of the metropolitan area centered on the city of Philadelphia in the
United States. The region is named for the
Delaware River which flows through it. The
Office of Management and Budget officially defines the region as the
Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington United States metropolitan area.
The Delaware Valley is composed of several counties in Delaware,
New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and contains a population of 5.8 million (as of the 2006 Census Bureau estimate). Philadelphia, being the region's major commercial, cultural, and industrial center, maintains a rather large sphere of influence that affects those counties that immediately surround it. The majority of the region's populace reside in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States Rankings for Metropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 and is located towards the southern end of the BosWash Megalopolis (term), the name given for a group of metropolitan areas in the northeastern United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts to
Washington, D.C.
Based on commuter flows, a wider labor market region known as the Philadelphia–Camden–Vineland combined statistical area (CSA) is additionally defined. This wider region adds the metropolitan areas of Vineland and Reading and has a total population of 6.3 million.
Despite the area's size and dominance in 4 states, no state capitals are within the Delaware Valley (Philadelphia) Metropolitan Area. Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, is on the Delaware River and was formerly part of the Delaware Valley, but since 2000 has officially been part of the New York Metro Area.
Character
The area has extensive suburban sprawl. King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and
Cherry Hill, New Jersey are two of the largest suburban edge city. Philadelphia's suburbs contain a high concentration of malls including the
King of Prussia Mall, the largest on the East Coast and the Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the first enclosed mall on the East Coast. Malls, office complexes, strip shopping plazas, expressways, and tract housing are common sites, and more and more are continued to be constructed as these replace rolling countryside, farms, woods, and wetlands. However, recent opposition made by residents and political officials, many acres of land have been preserved throughout the Delaware Valley. Older small towns and large boroughs such as
Norristown, Pennsylvania,
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and
West Chester, Pennsylvania remain while engulfed in suburbia. The fastest growing counties are
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, and
Gloucester County, New Jersey. Many of the counties outside the metropolitan area are also experiencing rapid growth, such as Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
Lehigh County,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and Berks County.
South Jersey is experiencing faster growth than the rest of the state.
Population change
The Delaware Valley lost population in the 1970s, but has since rebounded. After each passing decade, the population increases more. It is predicted that the region will grow by as much as 10% from 2000 to 2010, which is faster than the national average. The area boasts safe, prospering suburbs and cities, cleaner air than 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, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
Counties making up the Delaware Valley
Delaware
- New Castle County, Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Primary Cities
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Camden, New Jersey
- Reading, Pennsylvania (added by the Census Bureau in 2005 http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2006/b06-01_rev_2.pdf)
- Vineland, New Jersey
Counties Adjacent to the Delaware Valley
The counties listed below are not physically or officially part of the Delaware Valley, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. However, these counties have seen increased growth and growing links to the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and the Delaware Valley in recent years. This trend is due to increased economic trade and transportation links to the Delaware Valley. In recent decades, there has also been a rapid trend of out migration from Philadelphia and its suburbs by commuters and others seeking lower housing prices and a lower cost of living, further linking these counties with the greater Philadelphia area.
While unlikely in the near future, it is not impossible to assume that some of these counties will one day be considered part of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and the Delaware Valley if rapid population and economic growth continues. For example, Berks County, Pennsylvania, which long bordered the Delaware Valley, was recently added to the metropolitan area by the U.S. Census in 2005.
Lehigh County and
Northampton County, Pennsylvania continue to remain distinct, since they receive more migrants from the
New York City metropolitan area than the Delaware Valley.
In contrast,
Mercer County, New Jersey had formerly been part of the Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area. However, it was redesignated as part of the New York Metropolitan Area in 2000.
Delaware
- Kent County, Delaware
- Sussex County, Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Transportation
Many residents commute to jobs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camden, New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, 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, Pennsylvania,
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Cherry Hill, and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
Commuter Rail
- SEPTA Regional Rail
- R1 (SEPTA) Airport Route connecting Central Philadelphia with Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties and R1 Glenside route serving North Philadelphia and Montgomery County
- R2 (SEPTA) Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Delaware route connecting the Wilmington, DE area (with limited weekday service to Newark, DE), via Chester City and Delaware County and R2 Warminster route serving southeastern Montgomery County.
- R3 (SEPTA) West Trenton connecting Central Philadelphia northern to the Trenton, NJ area, serving Bucks County, PA between Jenkintown, PA and Yardley, PA, with the final stop in West Trenton, NJ. R3 Media/Elwyn (southern) route connecting Philadelphia to central Delaware County.
- R5 (SEPTA) Paoli/Downingtown/Thorndale route connecting Philadelphia with the affluent Main Line area and western Chester County near Coatesville and R5 Lansdale/Doylestown connecting Philadelphia with Lansdale in central Montgomery County and Doylestown in Bucks County.
- R6 (SEPTA) Norristown route connecting Philadelphia with Conshohocken and Norristown in Montgomery County and R6 Cynwyd route connecting Philadelphia with Bala Cynwyd on the Philadelphia/Montgomery County line.
- R7 (SEPTA) Trenton Route connecting Philadelphia to the Trenton, NJ, serving Bucks County and R7 Chestnut Hill East line connecting Central Philadelphia with Chestnut Hill area of city.
- R8 (SEPTA) Chestnut Hill West route connecting Central Philadelphia to Chestnut Hill area and R8 Fox Chase connecting Central Philadelphia with Fox Chase area in Philadelphia.
Major highways
Airports
Colleges and Universities
Delaware
New Jersey
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Rowan University
- Rutgers-Camden
- Rutgers School of Law - Camden
Pennsylvania
Lexicon note
Some believe that the term "Delaware Valley" is subtly different than "Greater Philadelphia." "Greater Philadelphia" implies that the region is centered on the city in an economic and cultural context, while "Delaware Valley" is a more generic geographic term that doesn't imply that any part is of more consequence than any other. Several organizations, such as
KYW (AM) and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, consciously use the term "Greater Philadelphia" to assert their view that Philadelphia is the center of the region, and that the suburbs are only relevant as, in GPTMC's terms, "Philadelphia's countryside."
Many who work and live in the suburbs and rarely if ever visit the city don't agree and tend to use the term "Delaware Valley," which lacks the dominant city vs. dependent suburbs subtext. Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.
WPVI-TV uses the slogan, "The Delaware Valley's leading news program" for their
Action News broadcast, since that program has led the ratings for news programs in the Philadelphia market for over 30 years.
The Delaware Valley is also sometimes called "the Tri-State area," referring to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
References
External links
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Delaware River Basin Commission
- Delaware Riverkeeper Network
- Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
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