<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 1,526,006 </Td> <Td> + 0.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2017 </Th> <Td> 1,580,863 </Td> <Td> + 3.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Populations for City of Philadelphia, not for Philadelphia County . Population for Philadelphia County was 54,388 (including 42,520 urban) in 1790; 81,009 (including 69,403 urban) in 1800; 111,210 (including 91,874 urban) in 1810; 137,097 (including 112,772 urban) in 1820; 188,797 (including 161,410 urban) in 1830; 258,037 (including 220,423 urban) in 1840; and 408,762 (including 340,045 urban) in 1850 . Under Act of Consolidation, 1854, City of Philadelphia absorbed the various districts, boroughs, townships, other suburbs, and remaining rural area in Philadelphia County as the consolidated City and County of Philadelphia . Source: </Td> </Tr> <P> According to the 2017 United States Census Bureau estimate, there were 1,580,863 people residing in Philadelphia, representing a 3.6% increase from the 2010 census . After the 1950 Census, when a record high of 2,071,605 was recorded, the city's population began a long decline . The population dropped to a low of 1,488,710 residents in 2006 before beginning to rise again . From 2006 to 2017, Philadelphia added 92,153 residents . In 2015, the Census Bureau estimated that the racial composition of the city was 41.5% Black (non-Hispanic), 35.8% White (non-Hispanic), 13.4% Hispanic or Latino, 6.8% Asian, 0.2% Native Americans, 0.03% Pacific Islanders, and 2.0% multiracial . </P>

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