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Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Historical Population Data Table

Overview

The data presented in the following Historical Population Data Table

Indiana County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It

was provided by the United States Census Bureau based of the

is in the west central part of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the

American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles.

population was 83,246. Its county seat is Indiana. Indiana County

Historical Population Data Table Indiana County, Pennsylvania

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Population Estimate

88,301 87,895 87,491 86,551 85,755 85,032 84,463 83,620 83,394

comprises the Indiana, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also

Year Over Year Change

-406 -404 -940 -796 -723 -569 -843 -226

Percent Change

-0.46% -0.46% -1.07% -0.92% -0.84% -0.67% -1.00% -0.27%

included in the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton,

PA-WV-OH

Average Percent Change

-0.71%

Overall Percent Change

-5.69%

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division

Combined Statistical Area.

As indicated, the population of Indiana County has been in decline

Prior to the American Revolutionary War, some settlers proposed

since 2014. The overall population decline from 2014 through the

this as part of a larger, separate colony to be known as Vandalia, but

2022 estimates is about 5.69 percent.

opposing interests and the war intervened. Afterward, claims to the

territory by both the states of Virginia and Pennsylvania had to be

Geography

reconciled. After this land was assigned to Pennsylvania by the

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of

federal government according to the placement of the Mason –

834 square miles (2,160 km²), of which 827 square miles (2,140 km²)

Dixon line, Indiana County was created on March 30, 1803, from

is land and 7.3 square miles (19 km²) (0.9%) is water. Located in the

parts of Westmoreland and Clearfield counties and was formally

county is the Buttermilk Falls Natural Area. The county has a humid

organized in 1806.

continental climate which is warm-summer except along the

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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