Population Statistics, 1970-1995, MARAMA States and Major Metropolitan Areas
	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
Delaware	551,000	579,000	596,000	626,000	666,000	717,000	768,000	800,000
District of Columbia	756,000	711,000	637,000	623,000	607,000	554,000	523,000	529,000
Maryland	3,938,000	4,115,000	4,225,000	4,391,000	4,797,992	5,042,000	5,275,000	5,467,000
New Jersey	7,193,000	7,313,000	7,377,000	7,568,000	7,730,000	7,945,000	8,178,000	8,392,000
North Carolina	5,098,000	5,429,000	5,888,000	6,258,000	6,632,000	7,195,000	7,777,000	8,227,000
Pennsylvania	11,794,000	11,829,000	11,864,000	11,865,000	11,882,000	12,072,000	12,202,000	12,281,000
Virginia	4,659,000	4,989,000	5,362,000	5,704,000	6,189,000	6,618,000	6,997,000	7,324,000
West Virginia	1,751,000	1,803,000	1,950,000	1,936,000	1,793,000	1,828,000	1,841,000	1,849,000
	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1994
Baltimore, MD	2,071,000	2,145,000	2,200,000	2,252,000	2,382,000	2,458,000
Charlotte/ Gastonia, NC	558,000	606,000	971,000	1,053,000	1,162,000	1,260,000
Greensboro/ Winston Salem/ Highpoint, NC	724,000	779,000	852,000	894,000	1,050,000	1,107,000
Raleigh/ Durham, NC	419,000	494,000	561,000	631,000	858,000	965,000
Newark, NJ	2,057,000	1,951,000	1,879,000	1,889,000	1,916,000	1,934,000
Philadelphia, PA	4,824,000	4,770,000	4,717,000	4,791,000	4,922,000	4,949,000
Pittsburgh, PA	2,401,000	2,277,000	2,219,000	2,139,000	2,395,000	2,402,000
Richmond, VA	542,000	612,000	761,000	801,000	866,000	917,000
Charleston, WV	257,000	261,000	270,000	267,000	250,000	255,000
Sources:  Statistical Abstract of the United States;  Bureau of the Census, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 995.              &nbs p;     Projections of the Total Population of Regions, Divisions, States: 1995- 2025—Series A (Preferred Series)" (PPL-47).