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Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area Demographics

Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area is the 26th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 2,457,004 residents across 5,640 square miles. That is about 436 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 2,457,004
Land area 5,640 sq mi
Density 436 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Central Location: Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

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Counties in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Allegheny County, PA 1,250,578 730.0 1,713
Westmoreland County, PA 354,651 1,027.7 345
Washington County, PA 209,349 857.0 244
Butler County 193,767 789.5 245
County Beaver 168,215 434.7 387
Fayette County 128,816 790.8 163
Lawrence County 86,070 357.4 241
Armstrong County, PA 65,558 653.3 100

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