List of municipalities in 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 and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning of land. Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,555 municipalities.
Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities in the Commonwealth. From those largest in population to smallest, and excluding the single town of Bloomsburg, they are:
Pennsylvania also contains many unincorporated communities with often better known or famous names; for example, Levittown is a sizable census-designated place that straddles multiple municipalities. Many others today are neighborhoods, once organized about a railroad passenger station or post office.

Municipalities

Cities

List

† -- County seat
^ -- Consolidated city-county
Rank
MunicipalityCounty2018 pop. est.Area
Pop. dens.
1Philadelphia city†^Philadelphia1,587,829142.710844.6
2Pittsburgh city†Allegheny302,57158.35248.9
3Allentown city†Lehigh122,82718.06600.9
4Reading city†Berks95,11210.18689.4
5Erie city†Erie94,83119.35241.3
6Upper Darby TownshipDelaware83,5667.810578.8
7Scranton city†Lackawanna79,16625.52968.5
8Bethlehem cityNorthampton, Lehigh77,75519.53861.1
9Bensalem TownshipBucks66,32620.92890.4
10Lancaster city†Lancaster59,6987.48071.8
11Lower Merion TownshipMontgomery58,19323.82439.7
12Abington TownshipMontgomery57,87215.53579.0
13Bristol TownshipBucks53,90917.23167.6
14Millcreek TownshipErie53,87332.81649.5
15Harrisburg city†Dauphin49,27911.94153.7
16Haverford TownshipDelaware48,6899.94893.5
17Lower Paxton TownshipDauphin48,41728.21690.1
18York city†York46,8275.38152.4
19Middletown TownshipBucks46,17619.32355.4
20Altoona cityBlair44,7289.94657.2
21Hempfield TownshipWestmoreland43,13576.9561.1
22Penn Hills TownshipAllegheny42,30219.42185.4
23State College boroughCentre41,9834.69212.9
24Wilkes-Barre city†Luzerne41,2437.35642.8
25Northampton TownshipBucks39,76226.11522.2
26Manheim TownshipLancaster38,70124.11607.7
27Cheltenham TownshipMontgomery36,8829.04077.2
28Norristown borough†Montgomery34,4273.69541.9
29Falls TownshipBucks34,24926.61289.1
30Chester cityDelaware34,0316.05666.2
31Mt. Lebanon TownshipAllegheny33,1026.15443.5
32Warminster TownshipBucks32,77210.23218.3
33Lower Makefield TownshipBucks32,64218.31785.3
34Bethel Park boroughAllegheny32,37411.72773.9
35Radnor TownshipDelaware31,53213.82286.6
36Lower Macungie TownshipLehigh31,30022.51393.5
37Ross TownshipAllegheny31,13214.52150.7
38Ridley TownshipDelaware30,9395.35825.5
39North Huntingdon TownshipWestmoreland30,74927.31125.7
40Williamsport city†Lycoming29,4979.43129.0
41Tredyffrin TownshipChester29,45719.91484.0
42Cranberry TownshipButler29,18970.0411.7
43Shaler TownshipAllegheny28,77611.22576.2
44McCandless TownshipAllegheny28,73316.61730.6
45Upper Merion TownshipMontgomery28,54417.31652.6
46Monroeville boroughAllegheny28,38619.71437.6
47Hampden TownshipCumberland28,20317.91578.7
48York TownshipYork27,97125.61090.9
49Plum boroughAllegheny27,39529.0946.0
50Spring TownshipBerks27,37618.51476.3
51Whitehall TownshipLehigh27,10012.92106.0
52Easton city†Northampton26,9514.75748.9
53Springettsbury TownshipYork26,70716.41630.8
54Horsham TownshipMontgomery26,34317.31520.8
55Upper Dublin TownshipMontgomery26,09813.31968.2
56Exeter TownshipBerks25,71024.61046.1
57Lower Providence TownshipMontgomery25,62315.51657.6
58Lebanon city†Lebanon25,5544.26132.5
59Montgomery TownshipMontgomery25,46110.62395.2
60Hazleton cityLuzerne25,2246.04196.3
61Derry TownshipDauphin24,80127.4905.2
62Moon TownshipAllegheny24,78624.21023.5
63Susquehanna TownshipDauphin24,35115.31594.5
64Springfield TownshipDelaware24,2556.33826.3
65Upper Moreland TownshipMontgomery24,1228.03023.9
66Bethlehem TownshipNorthampton23,86214.61639.3
67East Hempfield TownshipLancaster23,83921.21126.5
68Swatara TownshipDauphin23,74115.51528.6
69Warrington TownshipBucks23,53513.81706.7
70Marple TownshipDelaware23,52510.52237.1
71New Castle city†Lawrence22,8518.52677.6
72West Goshen TownshipChester22,69212.01890.8
73Unity TownshipWestmoreland22,59367.6334.3
74Pottstown boroughMontgomery22,4805.04528.6
75Peters TownshipWashington21,60619.71095.3
76Upper Providence TownshipMontgomery21,59118.21188.6
77Upper Macungie TownshipLehigh21,54926.3820.5
78Dover TownshipYork21,20541.8507.4
79East Pennsboro TownshipCumberland20,82710.71946.3
80Palmer TownshipNorthampton20,79710.81917.5
81Johnstown cityCambria20,5776.13378.3
82Coolbaugh TownshipMonroe20,50488.0233.1
83Chambersburg borough†Franklin20,3606.92940.1
84Buckingham TownshipBucks20,32533.0615.5
85West Mifflin boroughAllegheny20,28414.51398.1
86Murrysville boroughWestmoreland20,21936.8548.8
87Manor TownshipLancaster19,98848.6411.1
88Penn TownshipWestmoreland19,90430.8647.0
89Muhlenberg TownshipBerks19,81312.01650.7
90Baldwin boroughAllegheny19,8015.93362.4
91McKeesport cityAllegheny19,6865.43637.5
92South Whitehall TownshipLehigh19,48617.21129.7
93Springfield TownshipMontgomery19,4846.82868.7
94Newtown TownshipBucks19,46712.01625.0
95Upper St. Clair TownshipAllegheny19,2999.81964.1
96Whitpain TownshipMontgomery19,08812.91485.2
97Stroud TownshipMonroe19,05231.3608.4
98Lower Southampton TownshipBucks19,0036.72824.9
99Carlisle borough†Cumberland18,8805.53407.9
100West Chester borough†Chester18,8571.810215.1
101West Manchester TownshipYork18,85020.0941.6
102Limerick TownshipMontgomery18,49122.7814.2
103Hampton TownshipAllegheny18,45216.21138.7
104West Whiteland TownshipChester18,41112.91424.6
105Upper Allen TownshipCumberland18,39713.31383.0
352DuBois city Clearfield18,33956.2326.3
106Uwchlan TownshipChester18,32610.51752.7
107Manchester TownshipYork18,29215.91150.4
108East Goshen TownshipChester18,15210.21786.1
109Lower Allen TownshipCumberland18,02910.31745.5
110Towamencin TownshipMontgomery17,9879.71857.8
111Warwick TownshipLancaster17,85419.9896.0
112Ferguson TownshipCentre17,78547.7373.2
113Windsor TownshipYork17,69827.3648.5
114Doylestown TownshipBucks17,57315.61124.3
115Hatfield TownshipMontgomery17,5069.91761.5
116Whitemarsh TownshipMontgomery17,46514.71185.4
117Concord TownshipDelaware17,36113.61272.3
118Greene TownshipFranklin17,20957.3300.3
119Harborcreek TownshipErie17,19234.1504.0
120Butler TownshipButler17,13421.7787.8
121Scott TownshipAllegheny17,0173.94349.9
122Chestnuthill TownshipMonroe16,98137.5452.5
123Upper Chichester TownshipDelaware16,8846.72521.1
124Fairview TownshipYork16,86435.7473.0
125Lancaster TownshipLancaster16,8636.12785.4
132Hermitage city Mercer16,84030.2557.6
126Aston TownshipDelaware16,8195.82877.0
127East Lampeter TownshipLancaster16,69619.9837.1
128Plymouth TownshipMontgomery16,6228.51957.8
129Phoenixville boroughChester16,5183.74441.5
130Lansdale boroughMontgomery16,3673.05468.4
131West Hempfield TownshipLancaster16,29721.0775.0
133North Whitehall TownshipLehigh15,94328.6558.4
134Middle Smithfield TownshipMonroe15,92754.3293.1
135Wilkinsburg boroughAllegheny15,9062.37066.2
136Middletown TownshipDelaware15,86513.51178.2
137Upper Gwynedd TownshipMontgomery15,7818.11941.6
138White TownshipIndiana15,75842.8368.4
139West Norriton TownshipMontgomery15,7566.22532.7
140Penn TownshipYork15,67213.11196.0
141Patton TownshipCentre15,47324.5630.3
142Upper Saucon TownshipLehigh15,41624.6626.4
143West Lampeter TownshipLancaster15,40416.6927.0
144Hanover boroughYork15,3493.74133.9
145Newberry TownshipYork15,34330.7499.3
146Lower Salford TownshipMontgomery15,23814.51051.4
147Cumru TownshipBerks15,20721.2717.9
148Upper Southampton TownshipBucks15,1886.62290.1
149Hilltown TownshipBucks15,15827.0560.7
150Antrim TownshipFranklin15,09870.3214.7
151Forks TownshipNorthampton15,05312.31226.0
152South Fayette TownshipAllegheny14,92020.4731.8
153South Middleton TownshipCumberland14,84249.0302.8
154Greensburg city†Westmoreland14,7364.13634.0
155Bloomsburg town†Columbia14,6334.73121.4
156Guilford TownshipFranklin14,58651.0285.8
157Warwick TownshipBucks14,58311.11312.4
158Silver Spring TownshipCumberland14,48432.8441.3
159Derry TownshipWestmoreland14,42596.3149.8
160Washington TownshipFranklin14,20639.1363.7
161Pottsville city†Schuylkill14,1294.23391.5
162Dunmore boroughLackawanna14,0699.01564.3
163North Fayette TownshipAllegheny14,05825.2558.2
164Caln TownshipChester14,0328.91574.0
165East Norriton TownshipMontgomery13,9916.12307.2
166Indiana borough†Indiana13,9531.87909.9
167Whitehall boroughAllegheny13,9383.34191.9
168Franklin Park boroughAllegheny13,91913.51027.6
169Skippack TownshipMontgomery13,89714.0995.2
170Sharon cityMercer13,8153.83664.5
171Nether Providence TownshipDelaware13,7474.72911.3
172North Strabane TownshipWashington13,73827.4501.4
173Salisbury TownshipLehigh13,63211.31209.3
174Butler City†Butler13,6202.75009.2
175Washington City†Washington13,5552.94598.0
176Robinson TownshipAllegheny13,53315.0900.6
177Ephrata BoroughLancaster13,5063.53902.3
178South Park TownshipAllegheny13,5039.31456.6
179Elizabeth TownshipAllegheny13,29223.3571.3
180Meadville City†Crawford13,2634.43028.8
181Franconia TownshipMontgomery13,20513.9953.2
182Coatesville CityChester13,1981.87184.9
183Kingston boroughLuzerne13,1312.25947.0
184Richland TownshipBucks13,11520.8631.6
185Lower Moreland TownshipMontgomery13,0937.31798.2
186New Kensington cityWestmoreland12,9624.23081.1
187St. Marys cityElk12,91399.5129.7
188Spring Garden TownshipYork12,8516.81894.6
189Amity TownshipBerks12,70818.5687.6
190Richland TownshipCambria12,63620.6612.7
191North Union TownshipFayette12,63020.8608.4
192Plumstead TownshipBucks12,62727.3462.8
193Hopewell TownshipBeaver12,59626.8470.4
194West Bradford TownshipChester12,43918.6668.9
195Adams TownshipButler12,36122.4551.3
196Logan TownshipBlair12,33246.7263.9
197Newtown TownshipDelaware12,27510.11216.4
198Lower Pottsgrove TownshipMontgomery12,1368.01510.2
199Somerset TownshipSomerset12,10232.2375.9
200New Garden TownshipChester12,08416.3742.1
201Pine TownshipAllegheny11,87817.0699.7
202West Deer TownshipAllegheny11,85428.9410.5
203Dingman TownshipPike11,84260.1197.2
204Center TownshipBeaver11,78115.3767.5
205New Hanover TownshipMontgomery11,70321.7539.8
206Lower Burrell cityWestmoreland11,64211.51010.6
207North Lebanon TownshipLebanon11,59316.9687.1
208Cecil TownshipWashington11,58926.4439.4
209Elizabethtown boroughLancaster11,5602.74349.1
210Lower Gwynedd TownshipMontgomery11,5159.31236.7
211Yeadon boroughDelaware11,4961.67207.5
212Upper Uwchlan TownshipChester11,43611.7975.6
213Richland TownshipAllegheny11,39014.6778.5
214Munhall boroughAllegheny11,3802.44767.5
215Emmaus boroughLehigh11,3072.93901.7
216Rostraver TownshipWestmoreland11,29133.0342.7
217North Middleton TownshipCumberland11,27623.5479.2
218Salisbury TownshipLancaster11,21141.9267.3
219Loyalsock TownshipLycoming11,20721.5521.4
220Hanover TownshipNorthampton11,0986.61687.9
221Hanover TownshipLuzerne11,07819.2576.5
222New Britain TownshipBucks11,07415.3724.4
223Jefferson Hills boroughAllegheny10,99016.7658.8
224Pocono TownshipMonroe10,98134.4319.0
225Hamilton TownshipFranklin10,96435.5308.5
226Westtown TownshipChester10,8858.71245.7
227Rapho TownshipLancaster10,82247.8226.5
228Lower Saucon TownshipNorthampton10,79824.5440.6
229Mount Pleasant TownshipWestmoreland10,78456.1192.3
230South Union TownshipFayette10,70116.8637.1
231Darby boroughDelaware10,6820.812686.5
232East Whiteland TownshipChester10,65511.0968.4
233Waynesboro boroughFranklin10,6333.43116.4
235Lansdowne boroughDelaware10,6211.28993.2
236Willistown TownshipChester10,57618.3578.9
237Lehman TownshipPike10,56350.4209.7
238Easttown TownshipChester10,5448.31275.4
239Lehigh TownshipNorthampton10,49629.9351.6
240Wyomissing boroughBerks10,4764.52328.5
241Harrison TownshipAllegheny10,4687.91327.6
242Nanticoke cityLuzerne10,4193.52939.9
243Coal TownshipNorthumberland10,40426.5393.2
244Columbia boroughLancaster10,3812.44286.1
245East Cocalico TownshipLancaster10,37920.6504.1
246Oil City cityVenango10,3754.82144.5
247Berwick boroughColumbia10,3653.33186.3
248Douglass TownshipMontgomery10,31215.3674.1
249Upper Providence TownshipDelaware10,2695.81767.8
250Uniontown city†Fayette10,2312.05012.7
251Mount Joy TownshipLancaster10,20628.0364.3
252North Versailles TownshipAllegheny10,2038.21246.1
253Fairview TownshipErie10,20029.2349.8
254Worcester TownshipMontgomery10,05016.2619.3
255East Bradford TownshipChester9,98915.2659.1
256Ephrata TownshipLancaster9,96016.4606.1
257Plains TownshipLuzerne9,93613.2754.8
258Northampton boroughNorthampton9,9352.63806.5
259Milford TownshipBucks9,92828.0355.0
260East Stroudsburg boroughMonroe9,8672.93450.0
261Sunbury city†Northumberland9,8352.24546.9
262Lock Haven city†Clinton9,7972.73672.0
263Penn Forest TownshipCarbon9,70974.9129.7
264Bristol boroughBucks9,6861.95221.6
265Brentwood boroughAllegheny9,6201.46643.6
266Hazle TownshipLuzerne9,59845.3211.7
267South Lebanon TownshipLebanon9,57921.7440.6
268West Hanover TownshipDauphin9,53923.2410.9
269Jeannette cityWestmoreland9,5302.43990.8
269Warren city†Warren9,5303.13086.1
271College TownshipCentre9,51818.6512.7
272South Strabane TownshipWashington9,51323.0413.5
273Neshannock TownshipLawrence9,50917.4545.8
274Lititz boroughLancaster9,3852.34057.5
275Butler TownshipLuzerne9,38133.6279.1
276Aliquippa cityBeaver9,3514.62034.6
277Darby TownshipDelaware9,2721.46515.8
278Maidencreek TownshipBerks9,25814.8624.4
279Moore TownshipNorthampton9,23937.6245.9
280Perkiomen TownshipMontgomery9,1984.91864.6
281South Abington TownshipLackawanna9,1429.2988.4
282Economy boroughBeaver9,07817.9506.2
283West Caln TownshipChester9,06721.9413.6
284Dallas TownshipLuzerne9,05718.7483.6
285Bethel TownshipDelaware9,0285.41668.5
286Penn TownshipLancaster8,99829.7302.8
287Hamilton TownshipMonroe8,99138.5233.5
288Canonsburg boroughWashington8,9832.33888.7
289Mechanicsburg boroughCumberland8,9682.43718.1
290Swissvale boroughAllegheny8,9671.27214.0
291Quakertown boroughBucks8,9572.04397.2
292North Codorus TownshipYork8,91132.3276.0
293Middletown boroughDauphin8,8772.14251.4
294Carbondale cityLackawanna8,8733.22736.0
295Upper Leacock TownshipLancaster8,80918.2482.9
296East Nottingham TownshipChester8,79520.1436.6
297Beaver Falls cityBeaver8,7852.43736.7
298Collingdale boroughDelaware8,7830.910107.0
299Morrisville boroughBucks8,7002.04411.8
300Solebury TownshipBucks8,69927.2320.4
301Bradford cityMcKean8,6833.42537.4
302Dormont boroughAllegheny8,5770.811285.5
303Schuylkill TownshipChester8,5368.9957.8
304Tobyhanna TownshipMonroe8,53152.6162.2
305Perkasie boroughBucks8,5232.63324.1
306O'Hara TownshipAllegheny8,4437.41145.4
307West Donegal TownshipLancaster8,41415.9530.5
308Doylestown borough†Bucks8,3652.23874.5
309Lewistown borough†Mifflin8,3602.14078.0
310Bellevue boroughAllegheny8,3521.17437.2
311Canton TownshipWashington8,34114.9561.0
312Lower Swatara TownshipDauphin8,31814.8561.8
313Jackson TownshipLebanon8,30924.1344.3
314Bushkill TownshipNorthampton8,30625.3328.9
315Castle Shannon boroughAllegheny8,3041.65199.7
316Allegheny TownshipWestmoreland8,29031.9259.9
317Millersville boroughLancaster8,2882.04245.9
317Pleasant Hills boroughAllegheny8,2882.82984.5
317Old Forge boroughLackawanna8,2883.42426.9
320Upper Makefield TownshipBucks8,25421.8378.6
321Brighton TownshipBeaver8,24019.4423.8
322Latrobe cityWestmoreland8,2352.33555.7
323Grove City boroughMercer8,2322.73051.1
324Southampton TownshipFranklin8,22638.2215.1
325North Londonderry TownshipLebanon8,20210.8761.8
366Shenango Township Lawrence8,11624.8327.3
326Thornbury TownshipDelaware8,1139.3875.3
327Brookhaven boroughDelaware8,0421.74702.9
328Maxatawny TownshipBerks8,00426.0308.4
329East Donegal TownshipLancaster7,98323.8336.0
330Carnegie boroughAllegheny7,9611.64923.3
331West Earl TownshipLancaster7,95917.9443.6
332London Grove TownshipChester7,93817.3460.0
333West Manheim TownshipYork7,93520.1394.8
334North Coventry TownshipChester7,92613.5586.7
335Downingtown boroughChester7,9232.23562.5
336Chartiers TownshipWashington7,91324.6321.5
337East Huntingdon TownshipWestmoreland7,91233.0240.0
338Camp Hill boroughCumberland7,8712.13709.2
339Conshohocken boroughMontgomery7,8671.07608.3
340Wilson boroughNorthampton7,8581.26745.1
340White Oak boroughAllegheny7,8586.71178.3
342Center TownshipButler7,85524.4321.4
343Honey Brook TownshipChester7,85025.2311.8
344Mount Joy boroughLancaster7,8482.43233.6
345Kennett TownshipChester7,80915.5504.4
346Kennedy TownshipAllegheny7,8055.51411.4
346Polk TownshipMonroe7,80531.2250.3
348Ellwood City borough Lawrence, Beaver7,7802.43299.4
349Conewago TownshipYork7,74924.6314.8
350Chippewa TownshipBeaver7,74115.7493.4
351Pittston cityLuzerne7,7161.74522.9
353North Cornwall TownshipLebanon7,6989.5810.5
354Gettysburg borough†Adams7,6451.74588.8
355Monessen cityWestmoreland7,6253.02521.5
356Spring TownshipCentre7,62027.1280.8
357Lawrence TownshipClearfield7,60683.391.4
358Connellsville cityFayette7,5832.33317.1
359Jackson TownshipYork7,57322.8332.0
360East Fallowfield TownshipChester7,53015.6482.2
361New Sewickley TownshipBeaver7,48732.7229.0
362Upper Milford TownshipLehigh7,43618.0412.9
363West Brandywine TownshipChester7,43513.3560.9
364Collier TownshipAllegheny7,43313.9533.7
365Frankstown TownshipBlair7,42249.3150.7
367Palmyra boroughLebanon7,4191.93852.0
368Lower Windsor TownshipYork7,39925.0295.8
369Hatboro boroughMontgomery7,3821.45191.3
370Washington TownshipWestmoreland7,37032.8224.6
371Smithfield TownshipMonroe7,34823.5312.0
372Derry TownshipMifflin7,34131.0236.8
373South Heidelberg TownshipBerks7,33513.8529.8
374Brecknock TownshipLancaster7,32724.9294.6
375East Manchester TownshipYork7,32317.2426.2
376Shamokin cityNorthumberland7,3160.88772.2
377Buffalo TownshipButler7,31524.4300.4
377Delaware TownshipPike7,31545.5160.9
379Indiana TownshipAllegheny7,30917.6416.0
380West Cocalico TownshipLancaster7,30827.6264.7
381Robeson TownshipBerks7,30134.2213.3
382East Brandywine TownshipChester7,27911.3646.7
383New Cumberland boroughCumberland7,2601.74308.6
384Marshall TownshipAllegheny7,25515.5469.4
385East Pikeland TownshipChester7,2508.9815.2
386Conemaugh TownshipSomerset7,20541.8172.2
387Middlesex TownshipCumberland7,18726.0276.8
388Valley TownshipChester7,1806.01203.5
389South Londonderry TownshipLebanon7,16224.4293.8
390Glenolden boroughDelaware7,1571.07340.5
391East [Marlborough Township, Pennsyl