1. Neighborhood Change in Pittsburgh Sabina Deitrick, PhD University of Pittsburgh National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership Conference 6 May 2015

4. Employment in Pittsburgh Region, 1970-2010

5. Persistence of population loss prevalent over decades. Did not rebound after 1980s and 1990s, with slow job growth, negative net migration, and “natural decrease” Duality in shifts in trends: – Most shrinking cities experiencing downtown revivals defined by baby boom retirees and “millennial” new residents. – But continued decline with protracted poverty, abandonment, and vacancy in non-core neighborhoods and communities. Pittsburgh – Long Run Shrinking City

6. Population by race, city of Pittsburgh, 1930 - 2010 U.S. Census and University Center for Social and Urban Research

7. Shrinking Pittsburgh in Shrinking Allegheny County, by Municipality, 1960 – 2010

8. YearTotal Population Cumulativ e Loss 1970702, 881- 1980589,852113,029 1990521,779181,102 2000479,853223,028 2010440,306262,575 1 Decade of Loss

9. YearTotal Population Cumulativ e Loss 1970702, 881- 1980589,852113,029 1990521,779181,102 2000479,853223,028 2010440,306262,575 2 Decades of Loss

10. YearTotal Population Cumulativ e Loss 1970702, 881- 1980589,852113,029 1990521,779181,102 2000479,853223,028 2010440,306262,575 3 Decades of Loss

11. YearTotal Population Cumulativ e Loss 1970702, 881- 1980589,852113,029 1990521,779181,102 2000479,853223,028 2010440,306262,575 4 Decades of Loss

12. 12 Net domestic population migration from the Pittsburgh MSA 2001-2009

13. Source: American Community Survey, 2010 Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree or higher, by age group, Pittsburgh MSA, 2010

14. Population Change by Neighborhood, Age 25 – 34 Cohort, Pittsburgh, 2000-2010