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Pennsylvania population 2026

Q: What is the population of Pennsylvania in 2026?

The latest official figure is 13,059,432, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Pennsylvania would have about 13.1 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Pennsylvania has 13,059,432 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 13,584 more than a year earlier (+0.10%). It is 5th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 3.8% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 13.1 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Pennsylvania in numbers

Population: 13.1 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.10% +13,584 people
Change since 2020: +0.49% from 13 million
Share of the US: 3.8% 5th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 113per km² 115,882 km²
Births in the year: 127 thousand deaths: 138 thousand
International migration: +27 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: −3 thousand more people left than moved in

In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 10,708, 26,921 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 2,936 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

That is about as many people as Bolivia (12.7 million).

Population of Pennsylvania by year

13.1M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	12,711,406
2011	12,747,052
2012	12,769,123
2013	12,779,538
2014	12,792,392
2015	12,789,838
2016	12,788,468
2017	12,794,679
2018	12,809,107
2019	12,798,883
2020	12,995,576
2021	13,016,628
2022	12,984,655
2023	13,009,406
2024	13,045,848
2025	13,059,432

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	13,059,432	+13,584	+0.10%
2024	13,045,848	+36,442	+0.28%
2023	13,009,406	+24,751	+0.19%
2022	12,984,655	−31,973	−0.25%
2021	13,016,628	+21,052	+0.16%
2020	12,995,576	+196,693	+1.54%
2019	12,798,883	−10,224	−0.08%
2018	12,809,107	+14,428	+0.11%
2017	12,794,679	+6,211	+0.05%
2016	12,788,468	−1,370	−0.01%
2015	12,789,838	−2,554	−0.02%
2014	12,792,392	+12,854	+0.10%
2013	12,779,538	+10,415	+0.08%
2012	12,769,123	+22,071	+0.17%
2011	12,747,052	+35,646	+0.28%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Pennsylvania among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Pennsylvania

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Philadelphia1,573,916
Pittsburgh304,391
Allentown120,207
Erie99,475
Reading87,879
Scranton77,118

Air quality in Pennsylvania today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Philadelphia

Questions

What is the population of Pennsylvania in 2026?

The latest official figure is 13,059,432, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Pennsylvania would have about 13.1 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Pennsylvania’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 13,584 people (+0.10%) in the latest year, and has changed +0.49% since 2020. In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 10,708, 26,921 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 2,936 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

How does Pennsylvania rank in the US?

Pennsylvania is 5th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 3.8% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Pennsylvania?

About 113 people per km², on 115,882 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Pennsylvania?

Philadelphia, with about 1.6 million people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Pennsylvania population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/pennsylvania/

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