Pennsylvania · 597 places

Cities and towns in Pennsylvania

Short answer

Pennsylvania has 597 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 5,466,946 residents in 2024. Philadelphia is the largest with 1,573,916.
Places 1,000+
597
5,000+
193
Share of state
42%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Mount Joy with 8,364 people, and the smallest in that group is Manheim with 5,011. 99 of the 193 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 8 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Pennsylvania

  1. 01Philadelphia1,573,916
  2. 02Pittsburgh307,668
  3. 03Allentown127,138
  4. 04Reading96,000
  5. 05Erie92,940
  6. 06Bethlehem79,453
  7. 07Scranton75,905
  8. 08Lancaster58,441
  9. 09Harrisburg50,649
  10. 10York45,241
  11. 11Wilkes-Barre44,661
  12. 12Altoona42,719
  13. 13State College41,228
  14. 14Norristown36,075
  15. 15Chester34,052
  16. 16Bethel Park32,376
  17. 17Easton30,432
  18. 18Hazleton30,354
  19. 19Monroeville27,966
  20. 20Williamsport27,628
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: West Chester (+21.9%), Gettysburg (+21.7%), Millersville (+17.8%). Largest decline: Meadville (-5.1%).

All 597 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Pennsylvania?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 597 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Pennsylvania, and 193 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Pennsylvania?

Philadelphia, with 1,573,916 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Pennsylvania town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, West Chester grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +21.9%, to 22,758.

What share of Pennsylvania lives in incorporated places?

42%: 5,466,946 of the state's 13,078,751 residents live in the 597 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.