List of cities in Pennsylvania

There are 57 cities in Pennsylvania.[1] Pennsylvania cities may theoretically be first-class, second-class, second-class A, or third-class (of which there are 54), according to population and adoption of certain ordinances. However, all first-class (of which there is 1), second-class (of which there is 1), and second-class A (of which there is 1) cities, as well as 24 third-class cities, have adopted Home Rule Charters, which change a city's relationship with the state so much that they are generally no longer considered to be a city under state law. However, they are still towns and boroughs and townships, this list does include cities with Home Rule Charters, as, unlike in the previous cases, excluding them would severely limit the comprehensibility of this list. As in those previous cases, however, it should be strongly emphasized that these are not really cities under state law, and they are therefore also listed in "List of Pennsylvania Municipalities and Counties with Home Rule Charters, Optional Charters, or Optional Plans," and are indicated below.

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In addition to Home Rule Charters, third-class cities were able to adopt Optional Charters from 1957 to 1972, and all cities (since 1972) have been able to adopt Optional Plans. Optional Charters and Plans function approximately the same way, the major difference being that new applications for the former are no longer accepted and that the latter has been generalized to apply to any municipality in the state. The third-class cities which adopted Optional Charters before 1972 and have not since adopted Home Rule Charters, of which there are 11, still retain them. In addition, 3 third-class cities have Optional Plans. Optional Charters and Plans function mostly to allow the city (or any other municipality, in the case of Optional Plans) to design its own form of local government, but do not significantly change the relationship between the city (or other municipality) and the state, and therefore these cities are still considered cities under state law. Finally, the City of Parker employs a unique (for Pennsylvania cities) form of local government, that of the weak mayor council form, which is established under a special law uniquely for that city; it is still considered a city under state law. Because of Home Rule Charters, Optional Charters, Optional Plans, and Parker's unique situation, only 14 of Pennsylvania's cities still use one of the two standard forms of Pennsylvania city government, the council-manager or mayor-council forms.

List of cities and towns in Pennsylvania

† County Seat

Name TypeCounty[2]Class[A]Population (2018 Census)[2][3]Incorporation
date (as city)		 Sq Miles[4]
Aliquippa CityBeaverThird8,9081987 4.19
Allentown† CityLehighThird123,8281867 17.55
Altoona CityBlairThird43,7021868 9.91
Arnold CityWestmorelandThird4,9801939 0.73
Beaver Falls CityBeaverThird8,3871928 2.13
Bethlehem CityLehigh
Northampton		Third77,2831917 19.10
Bloomsburg† Town Columbia Third 14,536 1929 4.35
Bradford CityMcKeanThird8,3051879 3.35
Butler† CityButlerThird13,1071918 2.72
Carbondale CityLackawannaThird8,4471851 3.24
Chester CityDelawareThird34,0771866 4.84
Clairton CityAlleghenyThird6,6111922 2.79
Coatesville CityChesterThird13,1231915 1.81
Connellsville CityFayetteThird7,3681911 2.18
Corry CityErieThird6,3471866 5.99
Du Bois CityClearfieldThird8,7671914 3.18
Duquesne CityAlleghenyThird5,5471918 1.82
Easton† CityNorthamptonThird27,1091887 4.07
Erie† CityErieThird97,3691851 19.08
Farrell CityMercerThird4,6871932 1.27
Franklin† CityVenangoThird6,0781868 4.68
Greensburg† CityWestmorelandThird14,2991928 4.06
Harrisburg† CityDauphinThird49,2291860 8.13
Hazleton CityLuzerneThird24,7231891 6.01
Hermitage CityMercerThird15,6351976 29.23
Jeannette CityWestmorelandThird9,1331938 2.39
Johnstown CityCambriaThird19,4471889 5.89
Lancaster† CityLancasterThird59,4201818 7.23
Latrobe CityWestmorelandThird8,4361999 2.32
Lebanon† CityLebanonThird25,7701885 4.17
Lock Haven† CityClintonThird9,2841870 2.50
Lower Burrell CityWestmorelandThird11,2281959 11.26
McCandless Town Allegheny Third 28,563
McKeesport CityAlleghenyThird19,2451891 5.5
Meadville† CityCrawfordThird12,9731866 4.38
Monessen CityWestmorelandThird7,3391921 2.89
Monongahela CityWashingtonThird4,1461873 1.98
Nanticoke CityLuzerneThird10,2791926 3.49
New Castle† CityLawrenceThird22,0691869 8.31
New Kensington CityWestmorelandThird12,4661934 3.95
Oil City CityVenangoThird9,8631871 4.49
Parker CityArmstrongThird8101873 0.87
Philadelphia† CityPhiladelphiaFirst1,584,9811701 134.1
Pittsburgh† CityAlleghenySecond302,4071816 55.37
Pittston CityLuzerneThird7,6941894 1.55
Pottsville† CitySchuylkillThird13,5571911 4.89
Reading† CityBerksThird89,8721847 9.88
St. Marys CityElkThird12,3701992 99.32
Scranton† CityLackawannaSecond A77,1821866 25.31
Shamokin CityNorthumberlandThird7,2341949 0.83
Sharon CityMercerThird13,2591917 3.77
Sunbury† CityNorthumberlandThird9,5191920 2.06
Titusville CityCrawfordThird5,2391866 2.90
Uniontown† CityFayetteThird9,8241864 2.04
Warren† CityWarrenThird9,1621832 2.91
Washington† CityWashingtonThird13,5661924 2.95
Wilkes-Barre† CityLuzerneThird40,8061871 6.98
Williamsport† CityLycomingThird30,1781866 8.73
York† CityYorkThird44,1181887 5.29
A.↑As noted above, these designations do not have any legal meaning for those cities with Home Rule Charters, but they are useful for categorization purposes.

See also

References
  1. "PA Municipalities List". dced.pa.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  2. "ClearGov". www.cleargov.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. Population of Cities in Pennsylvania
  4. "Census of Population and Housing, 1990 [United States]: Tiger/Census Tract Comparability File". 1992-10-31. doi:10.3886/icpsr09810. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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