Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Fulton County population, land area and income

Fulton County had 14,452 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 437.6 square miles of land. It ranks 64th of 67 in Pennsylvania by population and 51st by land area. That works out to 33.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Pennsylvania has 82,953 residents, so Fulton County has 17% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $62,044 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Fulton County's population changed since 2020

Fulton County lost 130 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.9%. That ranks 38th 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, Fulton County recorded 603 births and 851 deaths, a natural change of -248. Net international migration added +12 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +115. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 248 people.

Where Fulton County is

The Census internal point of Fulton County is at 39.910800, -78.122600. 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 Fulton County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Fulton County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Fulton County, 1,118 people together, or 8% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Fulton County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is McConnellsburg with 1,118.

Counties bordering Fulton County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Fulton County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Franklin County, PA, with 159,285 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Franklin County

  159,285 people

  21 mi E

• MD

  Washington County, MD

  157,228 people

  27 mi SE

• MD

  Allegany County, MD

  67,097 people

  37 mi WSW

• Bedford County

  47,643 people

  21 mi WNW

• Huntingdon County

  43,359 people

  36 mi NNE

Distance to Harrisburg and the nearest big city

Harrisburg is 69.9 miles ENE of Fulton County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD (population 568,271), 90.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Chambersburg, PA (population 23,041), 24.8 miles away.

Fulton County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Fulton County is 42057: state code 42 for Pennsylvania plus county code 057. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $62,044.