PITTSBURGH — A new report by University of Pittsburgh Regional Economist Chris Briem shows the Pittsburgh metro is expected to lose a significant share of its population by 2050.
The study, conducted under Pitt’s Center for Social and Urban Research, has a baseline forecast that projects the eight-county Pittsburgh metro region population will decline to 2.21 million in 2050, or 10.2% below the region’s 2.46 million in 2020.
In the baseline forecast scenario, population loss is mainly driven by natural decline due to Pittsburgh’s older population, which is offset by low international immigration. The baseline forecast has a net economic migration of zero.
Under the other two scenarios presented in the study, the 2050 population ranges from 2.13 million, or 13.2% below 2020 population levels, to 2.37 million, or 3.5% below the region’s 2020 population.
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