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Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted in red Pennsylvania is a state located in the Northeastern United States . As of the 2020 U.S. census , Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002,700 inhabitants [ 1 ] and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning 44,742.70 square miles (115,883.1 km 2 ) of land. [ 2 ]
Pennsylvania has 14 U.S. Census Bureau -designated metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and four combined statistical areas (CSAs). As of 2020, Philadelphia, the seventh-largest United States metropolitan area, is the state's largest metropolitan area followed by Pittsburgh and Allentown. [ 1]
There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania. Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population. Boroughs designated in the table below with a dagger (†) are home rule municipalities and are also found in the List of ...
List of places in Pennsylvania. This list of current cities, boroughs, townships, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
Pennsylvania is 180 miles (290 km) north to south and 310 miles (500 km) east to west. The total land area is 44,817 square miles (116,080 km 2 )—739,200 acres (2,991 km 2) of which are bodies of water. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States. The state's highest point is 3,213 feet (979 m) above sea level at Mount Davis.
Spring Garden College (1851–1992) – baccalaureate university in Philadelphia. United Wesleyan College (1921–1990) – Bible college affiliated with the Wesleyan Church, located in Allentown. Villa Marie College (1925–1989) – baccalaureate Roman Catholic university in Erie; merged with Gannon University.
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2023 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2 ).