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  • Blair, Bedford Counties Not Leading In Population Increase or Decline

    THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE DATA CENTER|Jun 18, 2020

    By THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE DATA CENTER South Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania continue to be the fastest growing areas of the state along with pockets around the city of Pittsburgh and State College, according to the Pa. State Data Center. No Blair or Bedford county municipalities are noted, but Cambria County has two of the municipalities with the fastest-declining populations. The U.S. Census Bureau on May 21 released the latest vintage of population estimates for cities, boroughs,...

  • State's Population Growing, But Slowly

    THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE DATA CENTER|Jan 10, 2019

    Pennsylvania’s resident population grew to 12,807,060 as of July 1, 2018 according to the latest population estimates from the U.S Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program. This estimate marks a slight growth of just over 100,000 persons since 2010 when Pennsylvania’s population was 12,702,873 persons. Pennsylvania remains ranked fifth in terms of population size, having surpassed Illinois in 2017. Pennsylvania had the eighth-lowest rate of growth (0.8 percent), similar to other Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states like New York (0.8 perce...