List of county seats in Pennsylvania (by population)
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The following is a list of the sixty-seven county seats of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The list includes forty-one boroughs, twenty-four cities, one municipality and one town. The ranking is based on the populations of each county seat during the 2010 census.
Rank | Photo | Seat name | Population (2010 census) | County | Municipal type |
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Philadelphia | 1,526,006 | Philadelphia | City |
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Pittsburgh | 305,704 | Allegheny | City |
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Allentown | 118,032 | Lehigh | City |
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Erie | 101,786 | Erie | City |
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Reading | 88,082 | Berks | City |
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Scranton | 76,089 | Lackawanna | City |
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Lancaster | 59,322 | Lancaster | City |
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Harrisburg | 49,528 | Dauphin | City |
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York | 43,718 | York | City |
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Wilkes-Barre | 41,498 | Luzerne | City |
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Norristown | 34,324 | Montgomery | Municipality |
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Williamsport | 29,381 | Lycoming | City |
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Easton | 26,800 | Northampton | City |
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Lebanon | 25,477 | Lebanon | City |
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New Castle | 23,273 | Lawrence | City |
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Chambersburg | 20,268 | Franklin | Borough |
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Carlisle | 18,682 | Cumberland | Borough |
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West Chester | 18,461 | Chester | Borough |
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Greensburg | 14,892 | Westmoreland | City |
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Bloomsburg | 14,855 | Columbia | Town |
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Pottsville | 14,324 | Schuylkill | City |
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Indiana | 13,975 | Indiana | Borough |
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Butler | 13,757 | Butler | City |
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Washington | 13,663 | Washington | City |
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Meadville | 13,388 | Crawford | City |
26 | Uniontown | 10,372 | Fayette | City | |
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Sunbury | 9,905 | Northumberland | City |
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Lock Haven | 9,772 | Clinton | City |
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Warren | 9,710 | Warren | City |
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Doylestown | 8,380 | Bucks | Borough |
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Lewistown | 8,338 | Mifflin | Borough |
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Gettysburg | 7,620 | Adams | Borough |
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Huntingdon | 7,093 | Huntingdon | Borough |
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Stroudsburg | 6,674 | Monroe | Borough |
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Franklin | 6,545 | Venango | City |
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Somerset | 6,277 | Somerset | Borough |
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Clearfield | 6,215 | Clearfield | Borough |
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Bellefonte | 6,187 | Centre | Borough |
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Lewisburg | 5,792 | Union | Borough |
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Hollidaysburg | 5,791 | Blair | Borough |
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Media | 5,327 | Delaware | Borough |
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Clarion | 5,276 | Clarion | Borough |
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Jim Thorpe | 4,781 | Carbon | Borough |
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Danville | 4,699 | Montour | Borough |
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Beaver | 4,531 | Beaver | Borough |
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Honesdale | 4,480 | Wayne | Borough |
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Waynesburg | 4,176 | Greene | Borough |
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Ridgway | 4,078 | Elk | Borough |
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Kittanning | 4,044 | Armstrong | Borough |
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Brookville | 3,924 | Jefferson | Borough |
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Ebensburg | 3,351 | Cambria | Borough |
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Wellsboro | 3,263 | Tioga | Borough |
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Towanda | 2,919 | Bradford | Borough |
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Bedford | 2,841 | Bedford | Borough |
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Coudersport | 2,546 | Potter | Borough |
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Emporium | 2,073 | Cameron | Borough |
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Mercer | 2,002 | Mercer | Borough |
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Tunkhannock | 1,836 | Wyoming | Borough |
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Smethport | 1,655 | McKean | Borough |
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Montrose | 1,617 | Susquehanna | Borough |
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Middleburg | 1,309 | Snyder | Borough |
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Bloomfield | 1,247 | Perry | Borough |
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McConnellsburg | 1,220 | Fulton | Borough |
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Milford | 1,021 | Pike | Borough |
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Mifflintown | 936 | Juniata | Borough |
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Tionesta | 483 | Forest | Borough |
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Laporte | 316 | Sullivan | Borough |