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U.S. DEPART:MENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS . 1950 CENSUS OF POPULATION ADVANCE REP.ORTS March 30, 1951 Washington 25, D. c. Series PC-8, No. 37A POPULATION OF·. PENNSYLVANIA, BY .COUNTIES APRIL 1, 1950 Final population figures from the 1950 Cen Series PC-3, No. 4. Final population figures sus of Population tor counties in Pennsylvania for minor civil divisions, all incorporated were released today by Roy Peel, Director, v. places, and unincorporated places of 1,000 in Bureau of the Census, Depa.rt.~ent of Commerce. ~QG figures shown in the table below supersede hab.i tants or more in the State will appear in a ,nose which appear in Series PC-2, No. 46, and forthcoming report, Series PC-8, No. 3?. County Population County Population The State .............. l0,49S,Ol2 Lacka'Waillla •.•..•..•••..••••..• 257,396 --------11 Lancaster ••.•••••••. ·..••••••.• 2.34,717 Adams •.•..•.....•.•••..••••.• 44-,197 Lawrence •••...•••.••.••••••••• 105,120 .Allegheny.' •.•..•.•.••.••••••• 1,515,237 Lebanon •.••.•.•.•..••••• : •.••• 81,683 .Armstrong •.•.•••••••••.•••••. 80,842 Lehigh •••••.•••••••••••••••••• 198,207 Beaver ..•............•..•.•.• 175 ,192 Bedford ••..•..•••••.•.••••.•• 40,775 Luzerne •••.••.•••.•••••••••••. 392,241 Lycoming •.•.•••••.••• • •.• ·•.••• 101,249 Berks •.........•••....••..•.• 255,740 McKean ••.••..•.••••••.•..••••• 56,607 Blair •.••..•.•..•••.•••••..•• 139,514 Mercer ••••.••.••••••..•••..•••. 111,954 Bra.df'ord •.•.•.•••••.......••• 51,722 Mifflin •..........•...•......• 43,691 Bucks •..•••....•.....•••.•••• 144,620 Butler •.•...•..••••..••••• ~ .• 97,320 Monroe •••••••••.•.••••.•.••••• 33,773 Cambria. ••.••.•••....••.•••••• 209,541 Montgomery ••••••••••••.•.•.• ••• .3.53,068 Cameron ••.....•••.••••••••••• 7,023 Montour ••••.•••••.•••••••.•••. 16,001 Carbon •••••.•••••.•.•••.• , ••• 57,558 Northampton ••••••.••••••.••.•• 185,2.43 Centre •.•...••...•....•. , .•• 65,922 Northumberland ••••••.••••••••• 117,115 Chester •••••••••...••• ~ •.•••• 159,141 perry ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 24,782 Clarion .•••••••••.•.••.•••••• 38,344- Philadelphia ••••••••••••.•••.• 2,071,605 Clearf'ield •.••••••••••••••••• 85,957 Pike •••••••••• ·;•• ·.·········• 8,42.5 Clinton ...................... 36,532 Potter ••••••••••••••••••.••••• 16,,810 Columbia ••...•.•••••••••.••.• .5.3,460 Schuylkill •••.•••.• , ••••.••..• 200,577 Craw:t'ord •...••••.•••.•..•.•.. 78,948 Cumberland .......... • .......• 94,457 Snyder •••.•.•.••.•.•••.••••..• 22,912 Dauphin •..••••.•.•••...••.••• 197,7$4 Somerset •••••..••..•••.•.••.• • 81,81'.3 Delaware.•..•••.•••..•••.••... 414,234 Sullivan•••.•...••.••••••••.•• 6,745 Elk •...•.•..••.•••••....•.•.. 34,503 Susquehanna ••..•...•••..•• • · • • 31,970 Erie .................•.•..•.• 219,388 Tioga ••••.•.•..•.••.••.•.••..• 35,474 Fayei;te •.....•••.•......•.... 189,899 Union ••.•.•.••••.. ·•·········· 23,150 Forest ••••••••..•..••...••••• 4,944 Venango •••••••••••••• •• •••••• • 65,328 Franklin •. '. ....••••.•.•.....•• 75,927 'Warren •.•.•.••...•••• •·.·••••• 42,698 Fulton ••••..•.•. : ••••.••••••. l0,3S7 Wasbingtoii. •.•..•...•••.••.•.•• 209,628 Greene ••..•.•.••••.• ·• .•••.•• 45,.394 Hun'tingdon •••••....•••••••••. 40,$72 'Wayne ••.•.•..•...••.•..••.•.•• 28,478 Indiana •..••••••••••••.•••••• 77,106 Westmoreland •..•..•.•••.• · • •• • 313,179 Jei'i'erson •...•.....•.••••.•.• 49,147 Wyoming ..••.••...• · •• •·••••••• 16,766 Juniata •...••.. , .............• 15,24.3 York •••••••• •••••••••••••••••• 202,737 U. -S. DEPAR.Tiv!ENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 1950 CE s s F p PULATI N ADVANCE p RT$ FOR RELEASE * Oatober 14, 1951 Washington 25, D. c. Series PC-8, No .. ~3'_; POPULATION OF PENNSYLVANIA: APRIL. 1, 1950 (This is one of a series of reports presenting final population figures fo~ selected areas in each Statea In this series, reports are numbered alphabetically by States. Additional reports will be issued as final figures for other States become available) • The total population of Pennsylvania on corporated places. Of the 259,034 persons in April 1, 1950, was 10,498,012, accordingto final unlncorporated places, 180,296 were in the 122 figures ror the State released today by Roy v. places of 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants.. The in Peel, Director, Bureau of the'Census, Department corporated places ranged in size from Livermore or Commerce. During the previous 10 years, the borough with a population of 57 to Philadelphia population ot th~ State increased by 597,832, or city with a ~opulation of 2,071,605. 6.0 percent, over the 9,900,180 inhabitants enu merated in 1940. .Among the States, Pennsylvania Under the urban definition established for ranked third in population. The 1950 population use in the 1950 Census, the urban population was more than 24 times as large as its popu comprises all persons living in ~·a) ·places of lation in 1790 when it was en:umerated in the 2,500 inhabitants or more incorporated as cities, first Federal census, boroughs, towns, 1 and viilages; (b} the denseiy settled urban fringe> including both incorpo According to the ~ew urban definition, rated and unincorporated areas, around cities Pennsylvania had. 7 ;403,036 persons living in of' 50 ,ooo or more; and ( c} unincorporated. places urban territory and 3,094,976 in rural terri of 2,500 inhabitants or more ~utside any urban tory. The urban population accounted for 70.5 fringe. The remaining populati.on is classified percent of ·r.he population of the State., as rural. According to the urban derinition used in previous censuses, the urban population Be~ween 1940 and 1950, 41 ~f the 67 counties comprised all persons living in incorporated in Pennsylvania increased in population.. The :places of 2,500 inhabitants or more and areas most· rapid rate Of inoreas·e was experienced in (usually minor civil. divisions) olassiried as Buoks·C9unty, which. gained at the rate of 34.,S urban under special rules relating to population percent. The largest · numerical increase was size and density. recorded in. Philadelphia County, which had an inorease of 14:0 ,271. Tw.o additional oounties- In both definitions, the most important Al~·egheny and I;l~le.wa.re~-had increases in exce·ss component of t.he urban territory is the group of' ot_ .100 ,ooo. The oombin~d· gain; of these three incorporated places having 2,500 inhabitants counties ao.oounted · for nearl;Y three-fifths.· of or more., A definition of' urban territory re the population gain ·or the ·stat$. The counties ' stricted to such places, however, would exclude in Pennsylvania ranged in si'ze from Forest with a number ot equally large and densely settled a populati9n of·4,944 ·to Philadelphia with a places, merely because they were not incorpo population· o.f 2:,·on,eo6.· . rated places.. ·under the old · d.etinH.ion, an effort was made to avoid some of the more ob·vious · In l960 there were 990 incorp·orated ·places omissions by the inclusion of the places urban in Penn~ylvania (o'ities, boroughs~ and one town- under special rules. Even with these rules, Bloomsburg) and 143 unincorporated places or l Except in New England, New York, and Wiscon.sin, 1 ,ooo inhabltants. or more. The. 528. , incorpo ... where "townsn are minor civil divisions 0£ counties and ra~ed plaoes of' .fewer than 2 ,500 inhabitants had are -not necessarily densely .settled centers like the 583,.082 ot .the 7 ,166, g44 persons living in in... towns in other ~tates. - 2 - however, many large and closely built-up places Erie, Earrisburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Pitts were excluded from the urban territory. To im bu:-gh, Heading, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and York prove the situation in the 1950 Census, the and the Pennsylvania' parts of the urban-fringe Bureau of the Census set up, in advance of areas of Philadelphia and Trenton, N, J. There enumeration, boundaries for urban-fringe areas we:re 11 township·s. ln the State that were classi around cities of 50,000 or more and for unincor fied as urban pnder special rule under the old porated places outside urban fringes. All the urban definition. The urban population according population residing in urban-fringe areas and in to the old definition, therefore, consisted or unincorporated places of 2,500 or more is clas the 6~583,862 inhabitants of the 362 incorpo sified as urban according to the 1950 definition. rated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more and (Of course, the incorporated places of 2,500 or the 323,131 inhabitants of the places urban more are urban in their own right.) Conse- under special rule. Of the inhabitants of the quently, the special rules of the old definition 11 places urban under special rule, 307,125 were are no longer necessary. classified as urban under the new definition by virtue of residence in urban-fringe areas. The According to the new urban definition, the remaining 16,006 were classified as rural. On 1950 urban population ot' Pennsylvania consisted the other hand; the 78, 738 inX?-abi tants of the 21 of the following components: (1) The 6,583,862 unincorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or inhabitants of the 362 incorporated places of more and 433, 311 a.ddi tional persons in the 2,500 inhabitants or more; (2) the 78,738 inhab urban-fringe areas were included in the rural itants of the 21 specially delineated unincorpo population according to the old definition. The rated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more; and net gain in the urban po~ulAtion which resulted (3} 740,436 persons living in other territory in from the change in definition, therefore, is the urban fringes of Allentown-Bethlehem, Altoona, 490,043.