Pike County, Pennsylvania

Pike County population, land area and income

Pike County had 62,376 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 544.9 square miles of land. It ranks 41st of 67 in Pennsylvania by population and 42nd by land area. That works out to 114.5 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; Pike County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $71,698 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Pike County's population changed since 2020

Pike County gained 3,800 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.5%. That ranks 1st 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, Pike County recorded 1,851 births and 2,741 deaths, a natural change of -890. Net international migration added +502 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +4,271. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 4,271 people.

Where Pike County is

The Census internal point of Pike County is at 41.325900, -75.031500. 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 Pike County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Pike County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Pike County, 3,593 people together, or 6% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Pike County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Matamoras with 2,449.

Counties bordering Pike County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Pike County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Orange County, NY, with 411,767 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NY

  Orange County, NY

  411,767 people

  38 mi E

• Monroe County

  166,523 people

  24 mi SW

• NJ

  Sussex County, NJ

  147,444 people

  22 mi SE

• NY

  Sullivan County, NY

  80,450 people

  30 mi NNE

• Wayne County

  51,419 people

  26 mi NNW

Distance to Harrisburg and the nearest big city

Harrisburg is 121.5 miles SW of Pike County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ (population 160,463), 53.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Dunmore, PA (population 14,249), 30.4 miles away.

Pike County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Pike County is 42103: state code 42 for Pennsylvania plus county code 103. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $71,698.