Beaver County, Pennsylvania

A county in Pennsylvania, ranked 21 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 42007

Within Pennsylvania
Beaver County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Beaver, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
166,032
-1,825 (-1.1%) since 2020
Land area
434.7
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
382
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Beaver
Seat of county government.
Established
1800
225 years ago
Largest city
Economy borough
Population 9,098.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Beaver County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Beaver County, Pennsylvania from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 622 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Beaver County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Pennsylvania, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn PennsylvaniaNationally
Population166,03221st of 67426th of 3,144
Land area434.7 sq mi52nd of 672,332nd of 3,144
Population density382 per sq mi16th of 67357th of 3,144
Median household income$71,08926th of 671,124th of 3,143

Full data for Beaver County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population166,032Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020167,857Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?168,224Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area434.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area444 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?382 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,089American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$190,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households72,257American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units79,328American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-737
1,467 births, 2,204 deaths
Net migration
+1,007
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Beaver County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Allegheny CountyPennsylvania21 mi1,225,035
Lawrence CountyPennsylvania19 mi83,911
Columbiana CountyOhio15 mi99,377
Butler CountyPennsylvania13 mi200,169
Hancock CountyWest Virginia11 mi27,729
Washington CountyPennsylvania8.3 mi210,802

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Pennsylvania

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.