Pennsylvania Population
Pennsylvania (U.S. state abbreviation is 'PA') is the north-eastern state of USA borders New York to the east and north, Ohio to the west, Maryland to the south. Pennsylvania population in 2021 is estimated to be 12.78 million and 5th most populous state. Pennsylvania state area is 46,055 sq miles (119,283 sq km) and is 33rd by area. The length and breadth of Pennsylvania is 273 km and 455 km with an average elevation of 340 meters. The people of Pennsylvania State are called "Pennsylvanian". The popular cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie.
Year | Population | % Change |
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2010 | 12,711,158 | |
2011 | 12,744,583 | 0.26 |
2012 | 12,766,827 | 0.17 |
2013 | 12,776,621 | 0.08 |
2014 | 12,789,101 | 0.10 |
2015 | 12,785,759 | -0.03 |
2016 | 12,783,538 | -0.02 |
2017 | 12,790,447 | 0.05 |
2018 | 12,807,060 | 0.13 |
2019* | 12,801,937 | -0.04 |
2020* | 12,791,692 | -0.08 |
2021* | 12,785,288 | -0.05 |
Pennsylvania Population by Race & Groups
As on July 2018, 79% of the Pennsylvania is covered with White American population, followed by 10.8% by Black or African American, 6.7% by Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% by Asians. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders are 3,665 which includes Samoan, Guamanian or Chamorro and Native Hawaiian. American Indian and Alaska Native are 24,995 residents, Asian Population in Pennsylvania are about 417 thousand, includes Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese and Filipinos. Hispanic or Latino 874 thousand includes Puerto Rican with 434 thousand, Cubans 21 thousand and Mexicans with 151 thousand people. As per the Pennsylvania History, The Native Indians are the first people of Pennsylvania were part of the earliest waves of human migration into the Western hemisphere. Archaeological evidence shows ther existence of modern Pennsylvania's borders as far back as 12,000 years ago, The Paleo Indians came to the North America about 30,000 to 10,000 years ago during the end of the last Ice Age, when ocean levels are very low and exposed the Bering Land Bridge between Siberia and Alaska. Hunters crossed this land bridge from Asia into North America. The most famous Paleo Indian archaeological site in Pennsylvania, the Meadowcroft Rockshelter, shows evidence of human occupation possibly as early as 16,000 years ago, meaning it may be one of the earliest site of human occupation in North America. Paleo-Indians used to live in natural rock like shelters elsewhere in Pennsylvania, hunting turkey, deer, elk, and other prey. Native Indians were hunter gatherers initially, but due to the natural resources around them changed, their technology became more diverse to take advantage of their surroundings. Native Indians were a constantly changing with cultural groups of different languages and customs. By 1,000 B.C. life of Indian peoples changed drastically as they learned to cultivate crops. Agriculture made it possible to produce food surpluses, which in turn they lived peacefully by population expansion. They improved their technologies for farming, hunting, pottery making and fishing which was borrowed from different region tribes and communicating with each other and over that vast period of time, Indian cultures developed and diversified in many ways as they developed and adapted by improving the living standards. By 800 BC - 100 A.D, technologies has been improved, construction of small structures and increasing significance as ceremonial centers for Indian communities. Between 1000 - 1500 AD, distinct Indian cultures had population centers along the three major river systems of Pennsylvania, namely, the Delaware, the Susquehanna, and the Allegheny-Ohio. The Lenape tribe inhabited in the south and north parts of the Delaware Valley, people living in villages and commuting to seasonal hunting and fishing camps. By the time Europeans arrived in Penn's Woods in the 1600, Explorers might more accurately have been called The "Indians", they are well planned and already quite occupied land. Manipulation of the landscape was evident in their villages, fields, and hunting and fishing camps. Distinct Indian peoples who lived are in the major river valleys, located from the Delaware to the Ohio state. The paths or the walk ways they had created to travel and trade among these distant places and many of their diverse communities criss-crossed the landscape. There were many developments taken place like Native place names, burial mounds, and mysterious petroglyphs etched into rocks testified to the sacred attachment Indians had been developed to this land over thousands of years. Pennsylvania means "Penn's woods", Admiral William Penn was first granted the tract of land by King Charles II because of a significant debt owed to his father, It is named after Admiral Penn. Pennsylvania attracted several religious and ethnic groups whom may be fleeing the countries like Huguenots, Catholics, Puritans, Mennonites, Calvinists, Anglicans and Jews. Penn died in 1718, and then was succeeded as proprietor of the colony by his sons. Benjamin Franklin was a leading writer, politician and scientist founded The University of Pennsylvania in 1740. In 1780, Pennsylvania passed the law for the abolition of slavery, Pennsylvania is the first state to pass an act. Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution on December 12, 1787, and served as the capital of the nation from 1790-1800 before capital was moved to Washington, DC.
Total Population | 12,790,505 | Percent |
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White | 10,378,174 | 81.14% |
Black or African American | 1,417,611 | 11.08% |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 24,995 | 0.195% |
Cherokee tribal grouping | 2,958 | 0.023% |
Chippewa tribal grouping | 411 | 0.003% |
Navajo tribal grouping | 307 | 0.002% |
Sioux tribal grouping | 733 | 0.006% |
Asian Population | 417,525 | 3.26% |
Asian Indian | 125,202 | 0.98% |
Chinese | 108,801 | 0.85% |
Filipino | 26,848 | 0.21% |
Japanese | 6,919 | 0.05% |
Korean | 41,255 | 0.32% |
Vietnamese | 42,161 | 0.33% |
Other Asian Population | 66,339 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 3,665 | 0.03% |
Native Hawaiian | 1,350 | 0.011% |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 360 | 0.003% |
Samoan | 523 | 0.004% |
Other Pacific Islander | 1,432 | |
Some other race | 251,215 | |
Hispanic or Latino | 874,833 | 6.84% |
Mexican | 151,690 | 1.19% |
Puerto Rican | 438,964 | 3.43% |
Cuban | 21,623 | 0.17% |
Other Hispanic or Latino | 262,556 |
Top Cities of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the most populous in the Pennsylvania state as on 2018, ranks seventy-one city as per the 2020 Urban Agglomeration stats by UN, followed by Pittsburgh with 301,048 and Allentown with 121,433 are the second and third populous states in state of Pennsylvania.
Rank | Cities | Population(2018) |
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1 | Philadelphia | 1,584,138 |
2 | Pittsburgh | 301,048 |
3 | Allentown | 121,433 |
4 | Erie | 96,471 |
5 | Reading | 88,495 |
6 | Scranton | 77,182 |
7 | Bethlehem | 75,790 |
8 | Lancaster | 59,420 |
Population Pyramid
Pennsylvania population pyramid hints the growth or decline pattern, as on 2017 Pennsylvania census, 0 to 14 years pattern is steady, there by slightly increased until 29 years and 45 to 59 years, In the 30 to 44 age group and above 70 years there is a decline in population. From 70 years and above the female population is greater than male and the female population is doubled to male for above 80.
Languages spoken in PA
Languages | Population | Percentage |
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Speak only English | 10,750,803 | 89.01 |
Spanish Language | 576,232 | 4.77 |
European Language | 431,456 | 3.57 |
Asian Languages | 241,299 | 2.00 |
Other Languages | 79,068 | 0.65 |
Education
Pennsylvania statistics on Education as on 2017.
Total | Male | Female | ||
Population 18 to 24 years | 1,215,635 | 617,263 | 598,372 | |
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Less than high school graduate | 147,352 | 85,802 | 61,550 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 397,694 | 220,761 | 176,933 | |
Some college or associates degree | 522,655 | 247,970 | 274,685 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 147,934 | 62,730 | 85,204 | |
Population 25 years and over | 8,885,953 | 4,266,339 | 4,619,614 | |
Less than 9th grade | 296,463 | 146,160 | 150,303 | |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 602,519 | 306,271 | 296,248 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,161,786 | 1,541,581 | 1,620,205 | |
Some college, no degree | 1,427,444 | 683,922 | 743,522 | |
Associates degree | 724,522 | 309,974 | 414,548 | |
Bachelors degree | 1,621,733 | 782,452 | 839,281 | |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,051,486 | 495,979 | 555,507 |
White | 7,196,518 | 3,461,961 | 3,734,557 | |
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High school graduate or higher | 6,612,018 | 3,168,508 | 3,443,510 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 2,266,959 | 1,095,947 | 1,171,012 | |
Black or African | 879,316 | 407,447 | 471,869 | |
High school graduate or higher | 751,424 | 343,506 | 407,918 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 157,379 | 63,215 | 94,164 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native alone | 16,621 | 8,383 | 8,238 | |
High school graduate or higher | 12,512 | 6,206 | 6,306 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 2,965 | 1,444 | 1,521 | |
Asian | 276,567 | 130,467 | 146,100 | |
High school graduate or higher | 229,428 | 111,079 | 118,349 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 150,939 | 76,267 | 74,672 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 2,415 | 953 | 1,462 | |
High school graduate or higher | 1,804 | 738 | 1,066 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 496 | 269 | 227 | |
Hispanic or Latino Origin | 458,184 | 231,611 | 226,573 | |
High school graduate or higher | 322,379 | 157,541 | 164,838 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 69,401 | 29,830 | 39,571 |
Disability
2017 statistics of disability of Pennsylvania state.
Total civilian non-institutionalized population | 1,730,190 |
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Male | 824,228 |
Female | 905,962 |
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White | 1,408,920 |
Black or African American | 216,401 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 5,526 |
Asian | 27,025 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 631 |
Some other race | 35,109 |
DISABILITY TYPE | |
With a hearing difficulty | 472,714 |
With a vision difficulty | 285,972 |
With a cognitive difficulty | 673,967 |
With an ambulatory difficulty | 877,325 |
With a self-care difficulty | 324,919 |
With an independent living difficulty | 617,686 |
Counties of Pennsylvania
There are total 67 counties and by Pennsylvania population by county, Lycoming is the largest county in Pennsylvania by land area and having population of 113,664 and it is second largest by total area. Montour is the smallest county by area with population of 18,240. The most populus is Philadelphia County with 1.5 million followed by Allegheny County with 1.2 million and least populus is Cameron County with 4,492 people.
County | Population 2017 | Population 2018 | % Change | Rank 2017 | Rank 2018 |
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Adams County | 102,367 | 102,811 | 0.4 | 31 | 31 |
Allegheny County | 1,220,656 | 1,218,452 | -0.2 | 2 | 2 |
Armstrong County | 65,876 | 65,263 | -0.9 | 38 | 39 |
Beaver County | 165,703 | 164,742 | -0.6 | 21 | 21 |
Bedford County | 48,438 | 48,176 | -0.5 | 45 | 45 |
Berks County | 417,524 | 420,152 | 0.6 | 9 | 9 |
Blair County | 123,175 | 122,492 | -0.6 | 28 | 28 |
Bradford County | 60,988 | 60,833 | -0.3 | 41 | 41 |
Bucks County | 627,028 | 628,195 | 0.2 | 4 | 4 |
Butler County | 187,004 | 187,888 | 0.5 | 19 | 19 |
Cambria County | 133,054 | 131,730 | -1 | 26 | 26 |
Cameron County | 4,621 | 4,492 | -2.8 | 67 | 67 |
Carbon County | 63,865 | 64,227 | 0.6 | 40 | 40 |
Centre County | 162,250 | 162,805 | 0.3 | 22 | 22 |
Chester County | 518,934 | 522,046 | 0.6 | 7 | 7 |
Clarion County | 38,975 | 38,779 | -0.5 | 56 | 56 |
Clearfield County | 79,775 | 79,388 | -0.5 | 36 | 36 |
Clinton County | 38,837 | 38,684 | -0.4 | 57 | 57 |
Columbia County | 65,649 | 65,456 | -0.3 | 39 | 38 |
Crawford County | 85,788 | 85,063 | -0.8 | 34 | 34 |
Cumberland County | 249,238 | 251,423 | 0.9 | 16 | 16 |
Dauphin County | 275,831 | 277,097 | 0.5 | 14 | 14 |
Delaware County | 563,487 | 564,751 | 0.2 | 5 | 5 |
Elk County | 30,290 | 30,169 | -0.4 | 59 | 59 |
Erie County | 273,892 | 272,061 | -0.7 | 15 | 15 |
Fayette County | 131,427 | 130,441 | -0.8 | 27 | 27 |
Forest County | 7,311 | 7,279 | -0.4 | 65 | 65 |
Franklin County | 154,487 | 154,835 | 0.2 | 23 | 23 |
Fulton County | 14,475 | 14,523 | 0.3 | 64 | 64 |
Greene County | 36,849 | 36,506 | -0.9 | 58 | 58 |
Huntingdon County | 45,374 | 45,168 | -0.5 | 48 | 48 |
Indiana County | 84,879 | 84,501 | -0.4 | 35 | 35 |
Jefferson County | 43,828 | 43,641 | -0.4 | 50 | 50 |
Juniata County | 24,628 | 24,704 | 0.3 | 61 | 61 |
Lackawanna County | 210,640 | 210,793 | 0.1 | 17 | 17 |
Lancaster County | 541,054 | 543,557 | 0.5 | 6 | 6 |
Lawrence County | 86,652 | 86,184 | -0.5 | 33 | 33 |
Lebanon County | 139,566 | 141,314 | 1.3 | 25 | 25 |
Lehigh County | 365,371 | 368,100 | 0.7 | 10 | 10 |
Luzerne County | 317,624 | 317,646 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
Lycoming County | 113,930 | 113,664 | -0.2 | 29 | 29 |
McKean County | 41,329 | 40,968 | -0.9 | 51 | 51 |
Mercer County | 111,551 | 110,683 | -0.8 | 30 | 30 |
Mifflin County | 46,334 | 46,222 | -0.2 | 46 | 46 |
Monroe County | 168,089 | 169,507 | 0.8 | 20 | 20 |
Montgomery County | 824,562 | 828,604 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 |
Montour County | 18,275 | 18,240 | -0.2 | 62 | 62 |
Northampton County | 302,976 | 304,807 | 0.6 | 13 | 13 |
Northumberland County | 91,767 | 91,083 | -0.7 | 32 | 32 |
Perry County | 46,032 | 46,139 | 0.2 | 47 | 47 |
Philadelphia County | 1,580,221 | 1,584,138 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 |
Pike County | 55,523 | 55,933 | 0.7 | 42 | 42 |
Potter County | 16,835 | 16,622 | -1.3 | 63 | 63 |
Schuylkill County | 142,666 | 142,067 | -0.4 | 24 | 24 |
Snyder County | 40,585 | 40,540 | -0.1 | 54 | 54 |
Somerset County | 74,356 | 73,952 | -0.5 | 37 | 37 |
Sullivan County | 6,139 | 6,071 | -1.1 | 66 | 66 |
Susquehanna County | 40,975 | 40,589 | -0.9 | 52 | 53 |
Tioga County | 40,701 | 40,763 | 0.2 | 53 | 52 |
Union County | 44,756 | 44,785 | 0.1 | 49 | 49 |
Venango County | 51,823 | 51,266 | -1.1 | 43 | 44 |
Warren County | 39,677 | 39,498 | -0.5 | 55 | 55 |
Washington County | 207,296 | 207,346 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
Wayne County | 51,215 | 51,276 | 0.1 | 44 | 43 |
Westmoreland County | 352,321 | 350,611 | -0.5 | 11 | 11 |
Wyoming County | 27,381 | 27,046 | -1.2 | 60 | 60 |
York County | 445,722 | 448,273 | 0.6 | 8 | 8 |
References
1. Census Fact finder
2. Historical Population of States from 1790 to 1990
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