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How many counties in Pennsylvania? All 67 listed

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Pennsylvania has 67 counties and county equivalents holding 12,986,518 residents. The most populous county in Pennsylvania is Philadelphia County with 1,582,432 residents; the smallest is Cameron County. County boundaries divide the state's land area — measured in square miles by the Census Bureau — into the units used for property assessment, elections and local sales tax. The statewide sales tax base rate is 6%, before county and city add-ons.

All 67 counties

Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

CountyPopulationMedian incomeMedian home valueMedian rent
Philadelphia County1,582,432$60,698$232,400$1,323
Allegheny County1,240,476$76,393$216,700$1,111
Montgomery County861,225$111,521$409,900$1,612
Bucks County645,993$111,951$421,700$1,537
Delaware County576,195$88,576$302,400$1,315
Lancaster County555,151$83,703$279,400$1,289
Chester County540,896$123,041$461,800$1,691
York County459,312$82,238$235,000$1,150
Berks County429,989$77,684$239,700$1,143
Lehigh County375,408$77,493$276,100$1,326
Westmoreland County353,345$72,468$193,100$843
Luzerne County325,978$62,321$163,800$958
Northampton County315,927$86,687$285,000$1,335
Dauphin County287,484$74,159$222,300$1,153
Erie County269,544$61,476$169,500$876
Cumberland County264,422$85,634$261,900$1,184
Lackawanna County215,834$64,691$189,900$973
Washington County209,778$77,487$220,600$922
Butler County195,870$86,775$275,600$1,018
Monroe County167,784$82,374$241,200$1,347
Beaver County166,993$70,156$185,500$867
Centre County158,041$72,748$308,100$1,181
Franklin County156,626$74,946$236,300$1,071
Lebanon County143,592$76,350$227,300$1,087
Schuylkill County143,259$66,901$140,400$842
Cambria County132,355$56,292$115,900$733
Fayette County126,967$56,093$126,900$771
Blair County121,854$60,594$156,700$854
Lycoming County113,570$64,412$195,600$887
Mercer County109,852$60,614$153,600$808
Adams County105,183$81,071$256,100$1,084
Northumberland County90,925$57,948$151,600$777
Lawrence County85,423$60,779$136,700$778
Indiana County83,213$58,739$145,400$786
Crawford County83,189$60,254$143,400$800
Clearfield County78,902$60,181$125,000$788
Somerset County73,255$59,378$130,600$749
Carbon County65,191$67,877$193,700$975
Armstrong County65,069$64,295$146,300$802
Columbia County65,055$61,992$199,200$904
Bradford County59,971$62,482$182,300$868
Pike County59,691$79,318$250,900$1,383
Wayne County51,189$62,182$228,200$979
Venango County50,096$61,626$114,500$774
Bedford County47,503$60,302$172,900$771
Mifflin County46,074$61,415$142,900$792
Perry County45,988$78,824$222,800$838
Jefferson County44,099$56,898$126,700$746
Huntingdon County43,844$65,429$180,300$795
Union County42,570$72,894$222,900$944
Tioga County41,078$62,932$176,000$850
McKean County40,149$61,705$98,700$769
Snyder County39,711$68,435$205,500$890
Susquehanna County38,349$66,930$206,700$913
Warren County38,174$59,013$121,800$756
Clinton County37,707$58,842$179,100$815
Clarion County37,297$60,668$152,100$785
Greene County35,265$66,870$146,200$754
Elk County30,703$64,103$128,600$720
Wyoming County26,075$70,268$205,600$897
Juniata County23,419$63,923$206,300$730
Montour County18,079$72,926$240,300$1,057
Potter County16,276$59,840$146,200$767
Fulton County14,545$64,798$206,000$781
Forest County6,785$50,061$111,900$808
Sullivan County5,849$64,758$186,400$781
Cameron County4,475$47,681$88,200$699

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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