Comparison of Urban/Rural Definitions: Center for Rural Pennsylvania and U.S. Census Bureau
	Counties Ranked by Population Density: Counties Below the State Population Density of 274 are considered rural by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania
	Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 3 and the Center for Rural Pennsylvania
	Prepared by: Pennsylvania State Data Center
	15-May-03
Code	County	Pop Density	Total Population	Urban Population	Urban Percent	Rural Population	Rural Percent	Census Designation	Rural PA Designation*
053	Forest County	11.6	4,946	-	-	4,946	100.0	Rural	Rural
113	Sullivan County	14.6	6,556	-	-	6,556	100.0	Rural	Rural
023	Cameron County	15.0	5,974	3,371	56.4	2,603	43.6	Urban	Rural
105	Potter County	16.7	18,080	-	-	18,080	100.0	Rural	Rural
057	Fulton County	32.6	14,261	-	-	14,261	100.0	Rural	Rural
117	Tioga County	36.5	41,373	6,489	15.7	34,884	84.3	Rural	Rural
047	Elk County	42.4	35,112	18,332	52.2	16,780	47.8	Urban	Rural
035	Clinton County	42.6	37,914	18,662	49.2	19,252	50.8	Rural	Rural
083	McKean County	46.8	45,936	16,796	36.6	29,140	63.4	Rural	Rural
009	Bedford County	49.3	49,984	7,819	15.6	42,165	84.4	Rural	Rural
123	Warren County	49.7	43,863	19,899	45.4	23,964	54.6	Rural	Rural
115	Susquehanna County	51.3	42,238	7,817	18.5	34,421	81.5	Rural	Rural
061	Huntingdon County	52.2	45,586	14,011	30.7	31,575	69.3	Rural	Rural
015	Bradford County	54.5	62,761	17,449	27.8	45,312	72.2	Rural	Rural
067	Juniata County	58.3	22,821	3,340	14.6	19,481	85.4	Rural	Rural
127	Wayne County	65.4	47,722	7,698	16.1	40,024	83.9	Rural	Rural
031	Clarion County	69.3	41,765	8,953	21.4	32,812	78.6	Rural	Rural
065	Jefferson County	70.1	45,932	15,581	33.9	30,351	66.1	Rural	Rural
059	Greene County	70.6	40,672	12,712	31.3	27,960	68.8	Rural	Rural
131	Wyoming County	70.7	28,080	4,221	15.0	23,859	85.0	Rural	Rural
033	Clearfield County	72.7	83,382	38,311	46.0	45,071	54.1	Rural	Rural
111	Somerset County	74.5	80,023	20,411	25.5	59,612	74.5	Rural	Rural
099	Perry County	78.8	43,602	5,956	13.7	37,646	86.3	Rural	Rural
103	Pike County	84.7	46,302	4,895	10.6	41,407	89.4	Rural	Rural
121	Venango County	85.3	57,565	26,467	46.0	31,098	54.0	Rural	Rural
039	Crawford County	89.2	90,366	31,245	34.6	59,121	65.4	Rural	Rural
081	Lycoming County	97.2	120,044	76,844	64.0	43,200	36.0	Urban	Rural
063	Indiana County	108.1	89,605	33,959	37.9	55,646	62.1	Rural	Rural
005	Armstrong County	110.7	72,392	26,698	36.9	45,694	63.1	Rural	Rural
087	Mifflin County	112.9	46,486	20,536	44.2	25,950	55.8	Rural	Rural
109	Snyder County	113.4	37,546	10,764	28.7	26,782	71.3	Rural	Rural
027	Centre County	122.6	135,758	87,248	64.3	48,510	35.7	Urban	Rural
119	Union County	131.4	41,624	22,892	55.0	18,732	45.0	Urban	Rural
037	Columbia County	132.1	64,151	35,730	55.7	28,421	44.3	Urban	Rural
093	Montour County	139.5	18,236	8,325	45.7	9,911	54.4	Rural	Rural
025	Carbon County	154.3	58,802	29,109	49.5	29,693	50.5	Rural	Rural
055	Franklin County	167.5	129,313	68,315	52.8	60,998	47.2	Urban	Rural
001	Adams County	175.6	91,292	36,693	40.2	54,599	59.8	Rural	Rural
085	Mercer County	179.1	120,293	62,389	51.9	57,904	48.1	Urban	Rural
051	Fayette County	188.1	148,644	79,059	53.2	69,585	46.8	Urban	Rural
107	Schuylkill County	193.1	150,336	95,497	63.5	54,839	36.5	Urban	Rural
097	Northumberland County	205.6	94,556	59,593	63.0	34,963	37.0	Urban	Rural
019	Butler County	220.8	174,083	92,776	53.3	81,307	46.7	Urban	Rural
021	Cambria County	221.8	152,598	103,128	67.6	49,470	32.4	Urban	Rural
089	Monroe County	227.9	138,687	69,904	50.4	68,783	49.6	Urban	Rural
125	Washington County	236.7	202,897	128,032	63.1	74,865	36.9	Urban	Rural
013	Blair County	245.6	129,144	95,621	74.0	33,523	26.0	Urban	Rural
073	Lawrence County	262.6	94,643	55,762	58.9	38,881	41.1	Urban	Rural
000	Pennsylvania	274.0	12,281,054	9,461,086	77.0	2,819,968	23.0	Urban	Urban
075	Lebanon County	332.5	120,327	82,944	68.9	37,383	31.1	Urban	Urban
049	Erie County	350.2	280,843	225,835	80.4	55,008	19.6	Urban	Urban
079	Luzerne County	358.4	319,250	254,164	79.6	65,086	20.4	Urban	Urban
129	Westmoreland County	360.8	369,993	274,825	74.3	95,168	25.7	Urban	Urban
041	Cumberland County	388.4	213,674	159,975	74.9	53,699	25.1	Urban	Urban
007	Beaver County	417.8	181,412	132,843	73.2	48,569	26.8	Urban	Urban
133	York County	422.1	381,751	273,017	71.5	108,734	28.5	Urban	Urban
011	Berks County	435.0	373,638	272,124	72.8	101,514	27.2	Urban	Urban
069	Lackawanna County	465.1	213,295	175,984	82.5	37,311	17.5	Urban	Urban
043	Dauphin County	479.4	251,798	214,708	85.3	37,090	14.7	Urban	Urban
071	Lancaster County	495.9	470,658	354,537	75.3	116,121	24.7	Urban	Urban
029	Chester County	573.4	433,501	351,068	81.0	82,433	19.0	Urban	Urban
095	Northampton County	714.5	267,066	226,104	84.7	40,962	15.3	Urban	Urban
077	Lehigh County	900.3	312,090	281,907	90.3	30,183	9.7	Urban	Urban
017	Bucks County	984.0	597,635	538,565	90.1	59,070	9.9	Urban	Urban
091	Montgomery County	1,552.6	750,097	723,896	96.5	26,201	3.5	Urban	Urban
003	Allegheny County	1,755.3	1,281,666	1,246,898	97.3	34,768	2.7	Urban	Urban
045	Delaware County	2,990.4	550,864	544,833	98.9	6,031	1.1	Urban	Urban
101	Philadelphia County	11,233.6	1,517,550	1,517,550	100.0	-	-	Urban	Urban
	* Rural being defined as having a rural population that is 50 percent or higher of the total population