Pennsylvania

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State of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, abbreviated "PA", is in the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S. Its capital is Harrisburg.

There were 12,281,054 people in Pennsylvania as of the 2000 census.

The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on December 12, 1787.

Please explore the cities and towns of Pennsylvania, below.

200 Largest Pennsylvania Cities and Towns (population 5,157 and up)

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City or Town	Pop.	County
Aliquippa	11,734	Beaver
Allentown	106,632	Lehigh
Altoona	49,523	Blair
Ambler	6,426	Montgomery
Ambridge	7,769	Beaver
Archbald	6,220	Lackawanna
Arnold	5,667	Westmoreland
Avalon	5,294	Allegheny
Baldwin	19,999	Allegheny
Bangor	5,319	Northampton
Beaver Falls	9,920	Beaver
Bellefonte	6,395	Centre
Bellevue	8,770	Allegheny
Bensalem	58,434	Bucks
Berwick	10,774	Columbia
Bethel Park	33,556	Allegheny
Bethlehem	71,329	Northampton
Blakely	7,027	Lackawanna
Bloomsburg	12,375	Columbia
Blue Bell	6,395	Montgomery
Bradford	9,175	McKean
Brentwood	10,466	Allegheny
Bridgeville	5,341	Allegheny
Bristol	9,923	Bucks
Brookhaven	7,985	Delaware
Butler	15,121	Butler
California	5,274	Washington
Camp Hill	7,636	Cumberland
Canonsburg	8,607	Washington
Carbondale	9,804	Lackawanna
Carlisle	17,970	Cumberland
Carnegie	8,389	Allegheny
Castle Shannon	8,556	Allegheny
Catasauqua	6,588	Lehigh
Chambersburg	17,862	Franklin
Cheltenham	36,875	Montgomery
Chester	36,854	Delaware
Clairton	8,491	Allegheny
Clarion	6,185	Clarion
Clearfield	6,631	Clearfield
Clifton Heights	6,779	Delaware
Coatesville	10,838	Chester
Collegeville	8,032	Montgomery
Collingdale	8,664	Delaware
Columbia	10,311	Lancaster
Connellsville	9,146	Fayette
Conshohocken	7,589	Montgomery
Coraopolis	6,131	Allegheny
Corry	6,834	Erie
Crafton	6,706	Allegheny
Cranberry Township	23,625	Butler
Darby	10,299	Delaware
Dickson City	6,205	Lackawanna
Donora	5,653	Washington
Dormont	9,305	Allegheny
Downingtown	7,589	Chester
Doylestown	8,227	Bucks
Dunmore	14,018	Lackawanna
Duquesne	7,332	Allegheny
East Stroudsburg	9,888	Monroe
Easton	26,263	Northampton
Edinboro	6,950	Erie
Elizabethtown	11,887	Lancaster
Ellwood City	8,688	Lawrence
Emmaus	11,313	Lehigh
Ephrata	13,213	Lancaster
Erie	103,717	Erie
Exeter	5,955	Luzerne
Farrell	6,050	Mercer
Folcroft	6,978	Delaware
Forest Hills	6,831	Allegheny
Fox Chapel	5,436	Allegheny
Franklin	7,212	Venango
Gettysburg	7,490	Adams
Glenolden	7,476	Delaware
Greensburg	15,889	Westmoreland
Greenville	6,380	Mercer
Grove City	8,024	Mercer
Hanover	14,535	York
Harrisburg	48,950	Dauphin
Hatboro	7,393	Montgomery
Haverford	48,498	Delaware
Hazleton	23,329	Luzerne
Hellertown	5,606	Northampton
Hermitage	16,157	Mercer
Hershey	12,771	Dauphin
Hollidaysburg	5,368	Blair
Huntingdon	6,918	Huntingdon
Indiana	14,895	Indiana
Jeannette	10,654	Westmoreland
Jefferson Hills	9,666	Allegheny
Johnstown	23,906	Cambria
Kennett Square	5,273	Chester
King of Prussia	18,511	Montgomery
Kingston	13,855	Luzerne
Lancaster	56,348	Lancaster
Lansdale	16,071	Montgomery
Lansdowne	11,044	Delaware
Latrobe	8,994	Westmoreland
Lebanon	24,461	Lebanon
Lehighton	5,537	Carbon
Levittown	53,966	Bucks
Lewisburg	5,620	Union
Lewistown	8,998	Mifflin
Limerick	13,534	Montgomery
Lititz	9,029	Lancaster
Lock Haven	9,149	Clinton
Lower Burrell	12,608	Westmoreland
McKees Rocks	6,622	Allegheny
McKeesport	24,040	Allegheny
Meadville	13,685	Crawford
Mechanicsburg	9,042	Cumberland
Media	5,533	Delaware
Middletown	9,242	Dauphin
Millersville	7,774	Lancaster
Milton	6,650	Northumberland
Monaca	6,286	Beaver
Monessen	8,669	Westmoreland
Monroeville	29,349	Allegheny
Moosic	5,575	Lackawanna
Morrisville	10,023	Bucks
Mount Carmel	6,390	Northumberland
Mount Joy	6,765	Lancaster
Munhall	12,264	Allegheny
Murrysville	18,872	Westmoreland
Nanticoke	10,955	Luzerne
Nazareth	6,023	Northampton
New Brighton	6,641	Beaver
New Castle	26,309	Lawrence
New Cumberland	7,349	Cumberland
New Kensington	14,701	Westmoreland
Norristown	31,282	Montgomery
Northampton	9,405	Northampton
Norwood	5,985	Delaware
Oakmont	6,911	Allegheny
Oil City	11,504	Venango
Old Forge	8,798	Lackawanna
Palmerton	5,248	Carbon
Palmyra	7,096	Lebanon
Paoli	5,425	Chester
Perkasie	8,828	Bucks
Philadelphia	1,517,550	Philadelphia
Phoenixville	14,788	Chester
Pittsburgh	334,563	Allegheny
Pittston	8,104	Luzerne
Pleasant Hills	8,397	Allegheny
Plum	26,940	Allegheny
Plymouth	6,507	Luzerne
Pottstown	21,859	Montgomery
Pottsville	15,549	Schuylkill
Prospect Park	6,594	Delaware
Punxsutawney	6,271	Jefferson
Quakertown	8,931	Bucks
Radnor	30,878	Delaware
Reading	81,207	Berks
Red Lion	6,149	York
Ridley Park	7,196	Delaware
Sayre	5,813	Bradford
Schuylkill Haven	5,548	Schuylkill
Scranton	76,415	Lackawanna
Selinsgrove	5,383	Snyder
Shamokin	8,009	Northumberland
Sharon	16,328	Mercer
Sharon Hill	5,468	Delaware
Shenandoah	5,624	Schuylkill
Shippensburg	5,586	Cumberland
Somerset	6,762	Somerset
Souderton	6,730	Montgomery
South Williamsport	6,412	Lycoming
St. Marys	14,502	Elk
State College	38,420	Centre
Steelton	5,858	Dauphin
Stroudsburg	5,756	Monroe
Sunbury	10,610	Northumberland
Swarthmore	6,170	Delaware
Swissvale	9,653	Allegheny
Swoyersville	5,157	Luzerne
Tamaqua	7,174	Schuylkill
Taylor	6,475	Lackawanna
Titusville	6,146	Crawford
Turtle Creek	6,076	Allegheny
Tyrone	5,528	Blair
Uniontown	12,422	Fayette
Upper Darby	81,821	Delaware
Vandergrift	5,455	Westmoreland
Warminster	31,383	Bucks
Warren	10,259	Warren
Washington	15,268	Washington
Waynesboro	9,614	Franklin
West Chester	17,861	Chester
West Mifflin	22,464	Allegheny
West View	7,277	Allegheny
White Oak	8,437	Allegheny
Whitehall	14,444	Lehigh
Wilkes-Barre	43,123	Luzerne
Wilkinsburg	19,196	Allegheny
Williamsport	30,706	Lycoming
Wyomissing	8,587	Berks
Yeadon	11,762	Delaware
York	40,862	York

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Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	12,281,054	100%
Male	5,929,663	48.3%
Female	6,351,391	51.7%
Under 18	2,922,221	23.8%
18+	9,358,833	76.2%
65+	1,919,165	15.6%
Median Age	38
Average Family Size	3.04
White	10,484,203	85.4%
African-American	1,224,612	10%
Asian	219,813	1.8%
American Indian & Alaskan	18,348	0.1%
Other	188,437	1.5%
Mixed Race	142,224	1.2%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	394,088	3.2%

Rank	City or Town	Colleges	Students
1	Philadelphia Colleges	39	137,426
2	Pittsburgh Colleges	24	75,982
3	Erie Colleges	9	15,641
4	Lancaster Colleges	8	10,658
5	Bethlehem Colleges	6	17,073
6	Scranton Colleges	6	10,901
7	Allentown Colleges	6	7,835
8	Johnstown Colleges	6	5,096
9	Reading Colleges	5	10,405
10	York Colleges	5	7,744
11	Harrisburg Colleges	4	10,664
12	Altoona Colleges	4	4,272
13	Bryn Mawr Colleges	4	4,068
14	Washington Colleges	4	2,167
15	New Castle Colleges	4	254
16	Media Colleges	3	13,315
17	Williamsport Colleges	3	8,188
18	Gettysburg Colleges	3	4,360
19	Monaca Colleges	3	4,054

Rank	City or Town
1	Philadelphia Hotels and Travel
2	Pittsburgh Hotels and Travel
3	Harrisburg Hotels and Travel
4	Lancaster Hotels and Travel
5	Erie Hotels and Travel
6	Allentown Hotels and Travel
7	Carlisle Hotels and Travel
8	State College Hotels and Travel
9	Gettysburg Hotels and Travel
10	Hershey Hotels and Travel
11	York Hotels and Travel
12	Everett Hotels and Travel
13	Bethlehem Hotels and Travel
14	Chambersburg Hotels and Travel
15	Wilkes-Barre Hotels and Travel
16	Washington Hotels and Travel
17	King Of Prussia Hotels and Travel
18	Williamsport Hotels and Travel
19	Mechanicsburg Hotels and Travel
20	Langhorne Hotels and Travel

Rank	City or Town
1	Pittsburgh Mortgages & Property
2	Philadelphia Mortgages & Property
3	Allentown Mortgages & Property
4	Langhorne Mortgages & Property
5	York Mortgages & Property
6	Conshohocken Mortgages & Property
7	Horsham Mortgages & Property
8	Lancaster Mortgages & Property
9	West Chester Mortgages & Property
10	Camp Hill Mortgages & Property
11	Bensalem Mortgages & Property
12	Wyomissing Mortgages & Property
13	Hanover Mortgages & Property
14	Malvern Mortgages & Property
15	Erie Mortgages & Property
16	Bethlehem Mortgages & Property
17	Harrisburg Mortgages & Property
18	Chesterbrook Mortgages & Property
19	Canonsburg Mortgages & Property
20	Blue Bell Mortgages & Property

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