Perth Amboy Population By Year YearPopulationRank in USGrowth Rate 2023 55,249 730 0.1% 2022 55,208 726 -0.2% 2021 55,291 719 -0.2% 2020 55,389 712 0.9% 2010 50,814 699 0.7% 2000 47,369 664 1.2% 1990 41,
Perth was proclaimed as a city by Queen Victoria in 1856. Substantial population growth occurred during the late 19th-century Western Australian gold rushes, and the city has continued to expand, particularly after World War II due to a high net migration rate. Post-war immigrants were ...
It was named after the county of Perth in Scotland, birthplace of Sir George Murray, then secretary of state for the colonies, and was proclaimed a city in 1856. It was linked to Adelaide (in South Australia) by telegraph in 1877 and received strong impetus for growth from the discovery ...