Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh population, 2020 to 2024

Pittsburgh added 4,870 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +2,902. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 42nd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Pittsburgh is 36.8 times that size.

Pittsburgh covers 55.37 square miles of land and 2.98 of water, for 5,557 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Pittsburgh is denser than the typical town.

What county Pittsburgh is in

All of Pittsburgh's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Pittsburgh holds 25.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pittsburgh

28 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pittsburgh by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 15120, 15201, 15203, 15204, 15205, 15206, 15207, 15208, 15210, 15211, 15212, 15213, 15214, 15216, 15217, 15218, 15219, 15220, 15221, 15222, 15224, 15226, 15232, 15233, 15234, 15260, 15282, 15290. 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 Pittsburgh is

The Census internal point of Pittsburgh is at 40.439900, -79.975700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 163.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cleveland, OH (365,379 people), 114.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 92.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 298 m (978 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Pittsburgh

At 40.44° N, Pittsburgh gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Pittsburgh daylight page.

Places near Pittsburgh

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Oliver, 2.0 miles away, with 3,259 people.