The following is a list of the sixty-seven county seats of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The list includes forty-two boroughs, twenty-four cities, 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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1 | Philadelphia | 1,526,006 | Philadelphia | City | |
2 | Pittsburgh | 305,704 | Allegheny | City | |
3 | Allentown | 118,032 | Lehigh | City | |
4 | Erie | 101,786 | Erie | City | |
5 | Reading | 88,082 | Berks | City | |
6 | Scranton | 76,089 | Lackawanna | City | |
7 | Lancaster | 59,322 | Lancaster | City | |
8 | Harrisburg | 49,528 | Dauphin | City | |
9 | York | 43,718 | York | City | |
10 | Wilkes-Barre | 41,498 | Luzerne | City | |
11 | Norristown | 34,324 | Montgomery | Borough | |
12 | Williamsport | 29,381 | Lycoming | City | |
13 | Easton | 26,800 | Northampton | City | |
14 | Lebanon | 25,477 | Lebanon | City | |
15 | New Castle | 23,273 | Lawrence | City | |
16 | Chambersburg | 20,268 | Franklin | Borough | |
17 | Carlisle | 18,682 | Cumberland | Borough | |
18 | West Chester | 18,461 | Chester | Borough | |
19 | Greensburg | 14,892 | Westmoreland | City | |
20 | Bloomsburg | 14,855 | Columbia | Town | |
21 | Pottsville | 14,324 | Schuylkill | City | |
22 | Indiana | 13,975 | Indiana | Borough | |
23 | Butler | 13,757 | Butler | City | |
24 | Washington | 13,663 | Washington | City | |
25 | Meadville | 13,388 | Crawford | City | |
26 | Uniontown | 10,372 | Fayette | City | |
27 | Sunbury | 9,905 | Northumberland | City | |
28 | Lock Haven | 9,772 | Clinton | City | |
29 | Warren | 9,710 | Warren | City | |
30 | Doylestown | 8,380 | Bucks | Borough | |
31 | Lewistown | 8,338 | Mifflin | Borough | |
32 | Gettysburg | 7,620 | Adams | Borough | |
33 | Huntingdon | 7,093 | Huntingdon | Borough | |
34 | Stroudsburg | 6,674 | Monroe | Borough | |
35 | Franklin | 6,545 | Venango | City | |
36 | Somerset | 6,277 | Somerset | Borough | |
37 | Clearfield | 6,215 | Clearfield | Borough | |
38 | Bellefonte | 6,187 | Centre | Borough | |
39 | Lewisburg | 5,792 | Union | Borough | |
40 | Hollidaysburg | 5,791 | Blair | Borough | |
41 | Media | 5,327 | Delaware | Borough | |
42 | Clarion | 5,276 | Clarion | Borough | |
43 | Jim Thorpe | 4,781 | Carbon | Borough | |
44 | Danville | 4,699 | Montour | Borough | |
45 | Beaver | 4,531 | Beaver | Borough | |
46 | Honesdale | 4,480 | Wayne | Borough | |
47 | Waynesburg | 4,176 | Greene | Borough | |
48 | Ridgway | 4,078 | Elk | Borough | |
49 | Kittanning | 4,044 | Armstrong | Borough | |
50 | Brookville | 3,924 | Jefferson | Borough | |
51 | Ebensburg | 3,351 | Cambria | Borough | |
52 | Wellsboro | 3,263 | Tioga | Borough | |
53 | Towanda | 2,919 | Bradford | Borough | |
54 | Bedford | 2,841 | Bedford | Borough | |
55 | Coudersport | 2,546 | Potter | Borough | |
56 | Emporium | 2,073 | Cameron | Borough | |
57 | Mercer | 2,002 | Mercer | Borough | |
58 | Tunkhannock | 1,836 | Wyoming | Borough | |
59 | Smethport | 1,655 | McKean | Borough | |
60 | Montrose | 1,617 | Susquehanna | Borough | |
61 | Middleburg | 1,309 | Snyder | Borough | |
62 | New Bloomfield | 1,247 | Perry | Borough | |
63 | McConnellsburg | 1,220 | Fulton | Borough | |
64 | Milford | 1,021 | Pike | Borough | |
65 | Mifflintown | 936 | Juniata | Borough | |
66 | Tionesta | 483 | Forest | Borough | |
67 | Laporte | 316 | Sullivan | Borough |