The Pew Charitable Trusts has a long standing interest in the City of Brotherly Love, and this report released in March 2010 is a great way to learn about Philadelphia. The 16-page report is a follow-up to a 2009 report, and it provides "new data on a dozen key indicators about the state of the city and places that data in context." As the introduction to the report states "Three numbers tell the tale of the state of Philadelphia in 2010-one promising, one troubling and one confusing." The "promising" part happens to be the 10 percent decrease in the number of serious crimes. The "troubling" part is the fact that the city continues to shed jobs, and the current number of employed persons is the lowest in Philadelphia's modern history. The "confusing" number is the apparent population increase in the city, which seems to indicate that Philadelphia gained over 90000 residents between 2007 and 2008, despite information from other agencies that would seem to indicate a drop in population.
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