Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Lycoming County population, land area and income

Lycoming County had 113,236 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,228.9 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Pennsylvania's 67 county-equivalents. That works out to 92.1 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Pennsylvania has 82,953 residents; Lycoming County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $62,063 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Lycoming County's population changed since 2020

Lycoming County lost 894 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.8%. That ranks 37th 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, Lycoming County recorded 4,667 births and 6,164 deaths, a natural change of -1,497. Net international migration added +677 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -140. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,497 people.

Where Lycoming County is

The Census internal point of Lycoming County is at 41.343900, -77.055300. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Pennsylvania's 67 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Lycoming County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Lycoming County

8 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Lycoming County, 49,841 people together, or 44% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Lycoming County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Williamsport with 27,628.

Counties bordering Lycoming County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Lycoming County. The most populous is Northumberland County, PA, with 90,027 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Northumberland County

  90,027 people

  38 mi SSE

• Columbia County

  66,012 people

  40 mi ESE

• Bradford County

  59,699 people

  42 mi NE

• Union County

  42,159 people

  26 mi S

• Tioga County

  40,698 people

  31 mi NNW

• Clinton County

  37,865 people

  31 mi WSW

• Montour County

  18,115 people

  30 mi SE

• Potter County

  15,993 people

  52 mi WNW

• Sullivan County

  5,927 people

  29 mi ENE

Distance to Harrisburg and the nearest big city

Harrisburg is 75.1 miles S of Lycoming County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA (population 127,138), 97.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Williamsport, PA (population 27,628), 7.3 miles away.

Lycoming County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Lycoming County is 42081: state code 42 for Pennsylvania plus county code 081. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $62,063.