Pennsylvania · Census place 4220432

Duquesne, Pennsylvania

Duquesne is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,074 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 192nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,074
#192 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-172 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.20 sq mi water
Density
2,788 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Duquesne. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Duquesne population, 2020 to 2024

Duquesne lost 172 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -22. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 170th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Duquesne is 61% of it.

5,24620205,20620215,13720225,09620235,0742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,252. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Duquesne covers 1.82 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 2,788 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Duquesne is less dense than the typical town.

What county Duquesne is in

All of Duquesne's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Duquesne holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Duquesne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Duquesne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 15110. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Duquesne is

The Census internal point of Duquesne is at 40.373500, -79.850200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 156.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McKeesport, PA (17,119 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 8.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.373500, -79.850200
DMS
40°22'24.60"N 79°51'0.72"W
UTM
17N 597610.8E 4469847.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G294FX+CW

Daylight in Duquesne

At 40.37° N, Duquesne gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Duquesne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is East Pittsburgh, 1.7 miles away, with 1,855 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Duquesne, PA?

5,074 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 172 (3.3%) from 5,246 in July 2020.

What county is Duquesne in?

Allegheny County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Duquesne?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15110.

How far is Duquesne from Harrisburg?

156.4 miles (251.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Duquesne.

What is the nearest larger city to Duquesne?

McKeesport, PA, with 17,119 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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