Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Population Density from Census 2020

Updated on October 17, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest population density per square mile (11.94K people per sqr mile), followed by Delaware County (3.14K people per sqr mile), and Montgomery County (1.77K people per sqr mile).

On the other hand, Cameron County had the lowest population density (11.48 people per sqr mile), followed by Sullivan County (12.98 people per sqr mile), and Potter County (15.16 people per sqr mile).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Pennsylvania counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Rank County Population Density
1 Philadelphia County 11936.88
2 Delaware County 3138.10
3 Montgomery County 1773.51
4 Allegheny County 1713.23
5 Lehigh County 1084.63
6 Bucks County 1069.78
7 Northampton County 846.30
8 Chester County 712.03
9 Lancaster County 585.84
10 Dauphin County 545.66
11 York County 504.71
12 Berks County 500.76
13 Cumberland County 475.67
14 Lackawanna County 470.35
15 Lebanon County 395.92
16 Beaver County 386.97
17 Luzerne County 365.98
18 Westmoreland County 345.10
19 Erie County 339.06
20 Monroe County 276.69
21 Butler County 245.43
22 Washington County 244.28
23 Lawrence County 240.85
24 Blair County 233.82
25 Franklin County 201.91
26 Northumberland County 200.25
27 Adams County 200.22
28 Cambria County 194.14
29 Schuylkill County 183.73
30 Carbon County 169.80
31 Mercer County 164.53
32 Fayette County 162.89
33 Centre County 142.66
34 Montour County 139.25
35 Union County 135.09
36 Columbia County 133.95
37 Snyder County 120.86
38 Mifflin County 112.26
39 Pike County 107.42
40 Indiana County 100.61
41 Armstrong County 100.35
42 Lycoming County 92.92
43 Perry County 83.13
44 Crawford County 82.91
45 Venango County 74.83
46 Wayne County 70.48
47 Clearfield County 70.34
48 Somerset County 68.95
49 Jefferson County 68.19
50 Wyoming County 65.60
51 Greene County 62.43
52 Clarion County 61.98
53 Juniata County 60.07
54 Bradford County 52.26
55 Huntingdon County 50.41
56 Bedford County 47.00
57 Susquehanna County 46.67
58 Warren County 43.64
59 Clinton County 42.17
60 McKean County 41.27
61 Elk County 37.48
62 Tioga County 36.20
63 Fulton County 33.27
64 Forest County 16.32
65 Potter County 15.16
66 Sullivan County 12.98
67 Cameron County 11.48