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Crawford County, Pennsylvania

A county in Pennsylvania, ranked 35 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 42039

Within Pennsylvania
Crawford County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Meadville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
81,792
-2,005 (-2.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,012
square miles. A further 2.4% of the total area is water
Population density
80.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Meadville
Seat of county government.
Established
1800
225 years ago
Largest city
Meadville city
Population 12,230.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Crawford County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Crawford County, Pennsylvania from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 477 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Crawford County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Pennsylvania, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn PennsylvaniaNationally
Population81,79235th of 67718th of 3,144
Land area1,012 sq mi9th of 67667th of 3,144
Population density80.8 per sq mi44th of 671,069th of 3,144
Median household income$60,47658th of 672,045th of 3,143

Full data for Crawford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population81,792Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202083,797Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?83,942Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,012 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area25.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,038 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?80.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,476American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$153,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households33,838American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units42,157American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-194
853 births, 1,047 deaths
Net migration
+38
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Crawford County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Erie CountyPennsylvania47 mi265,832
Venango CountyPennsylvania30 mi49,346
Mercer CountyPennsylvania28 mi107,860
Ashtabula CountyOhio24 mi96,713
Warren CountyPennsylvania16 mi37,038
Trumbull CountyOhio0.7 mi198,972

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Pennsylvania

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.