Pennsylvania

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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Pennsylvania was one of the 13 original States. In 1792 the acquisition of the Erie Triangle at its northwest corner brought it to essentially its present boundaries.

Federal Census Summary

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In 1790 census coverage included all parts of the present State except for the Erie Triangle.

1790: 434,373	1800: 602,365	1810: 810,091	1820: 1,049,458	1830: 1,348,233	1840: 1,724,033	1850: 2,311,786	1860: 2,906,215
1870: 3,521,951	1880: 4,282,891	1890: 5,258,113	1900: 6,302,115	1910: 7,665,111	1920: 8,720,017	1930: 9,631,350	1940: 9,900,180
1950: 10,498,012	1960: 11,319,366	1970: 11,793,909	1980: 11,863,895	1990: 11,881,643	2000: 12,281,054

Counties
Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon Centre Chester Clarion Clearfield	Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Erie Fayette Forest Franklin Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson	Juniata Lackawanna Lancaster Lawrence Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry	Philadelphia Pike Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

State Resources

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References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.