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Centre County, Pennsylvania

A county in Pennsylvania, ranked 23 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 42027

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

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Population
157,393
-642 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,107
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
142
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bellefonte
Seat of county government.
Established
1800
225 years ago
Largest city
State College borough
Population 40,844.

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 Centre 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 Centre 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 800 by 516 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 Centre 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
Population157,39323rd of 67451st of 3,144
Land area1,107 sq mi5th of 67570th of 3,144
Population density142 per sq mi33rd of 67723rd of 3,144
Median household income$74,29123rd of 67886th of 3,143

Full data for Centre County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population157,393Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020158,035Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?158,171Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,107 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,112 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?142 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,291American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$323,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households59,013American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units66,475American 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
+14
1,089 births, 1,075 deaths
Net migration
-1,119
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Centre 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
Clinton CountyPennsylvania73 mi37,870
Clearfield CountyPennsylvania68 mi78,100
Huntingdon CountyPennsylvania26 mi43,001
Mifflin CountyPennsylvania19 mi46,127
Union CountyPennsylvania18 mi42,313
Blair CountyPennsylvania13 mi119,541

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.