Cameron County, Pennsylvania

Cameron County population, land area and income

Cameron County had 4,348 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 396.2 square miles of land. It ranks 67th of 67 in Pennsylvania by population and 56th by land area. That works out to 11.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Pennsylvania has 82,953 residents, so Cameron County has 5% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $51,035 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Cameron County's population changed since 2020

Cameron County lost 184 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.1%. That ranks 65th of 67 in Pennsylvania for growth. The median Pennsylvania county changed by -0.5%, and the state as a whole by +0.6%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Cameron County recorded 141 births and 335 deaths, a natural change of -194. Net international migration added +3 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -6. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 194 people.

Where Cameron County is

The Census internal point of Cameron County is at 41.438300, -78.198300. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades Pennsylvania's 67 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Cameron County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Cameron County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Cameron County, 1,842 people together, or 42% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Cameron County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Emporium with 1,842.

Counties bordering Cameron County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Cameron County. The most populous is Clearfield County, PA, with 78,132 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Clearfield County

  78,132 people

  33 mi SSW

• McKean County

  39,478 people

  32 mi NW

• Clinton County

  37,865 people

  33 mi ESE

• Elk County

  30,124 people

  24 mi W

• Potter County

  15,993 people

  27 mi NE

Distance to Harrisburg and the nearest big city

Harrisburg is 106.3 miles SE of Cameron County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY (population 276,617), 106.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is St. Marys, PA (population 12,361), 16.7 miles away.

Cameron County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Cameron County is 42023: state code 42 for Pennsylvania plus county code 023. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $51,035.