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Pittsburgh's population loss continued in late '90s
Pittsburgh continued to lose population in the late 1990s, as some 58,000 more people left the region than entered it, according to new Census figures. (8/6/2003)

Rapid 'growth:' Armstrong County added to metro area
The Pittsburgh metropolitan area, stung by a 1.5 percent population loss during the 1990s, just gained 72,000 people. (6/11/2003)

Census: Pittsburgh region is a little bit younger now
The mass graying of Pittsburgh's population and vast straying of its younger residents could be more past news than modern reality. (4/30/2003)

Census: Young workers still leaving Pennsylvania
At the same time that the under-65 population in the Pittsburgh region may be stabilizing, a new report focuses on a continuing "brain drain" in Pennsylvania of young and educated workers. (4/30/2003)

Pittsburgh region continues to shrink
Allegheny County and its metropolitan area continued to show slight population shrinkage in new census estimates for July 1, 2002. (4/17/2003)

US Airways cleared to emerge from bankruptcy (3/18/2003)

Census 2000: Observatory Hill on an upward trend (9/25/2002)

Census 2000: Mount Oliver among those on the decline (9/25/2002)

Racism dies hard in tiny Troy Hill (6/23/2002)

Intimate snapshots from 1930 (6/23/2002)

Fewer in census remember the old sod (6/8/2002)

South, Midwest led income gains (6/5/2002)

German ancestry is tops in region (6/2/2002)

Census 2000: Region's richest towns also most educated (5/30/2002)

LTV Steel workers, retirees ask court for time to protect jobs, benefits (12/5/2001)

Region sees more blacks buying their own homes (8/26/2001)

Census 2000: Single fathers surge (8/19/2001)

Unmarried couples more common in Pittsburgh region (8/15/2001)

Census survey shows Pennsylvanians stay put (8/6/2001)

Census 2000: Youths 10 to 14 an interesting census grouping (6/10/2001)