Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

A county in Pennsylvania, ranked 49 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 42061

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

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Population
43,001
-1,042 (-2.4%) since 2020
Land area
874.6
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
49.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Huntingdon
Seat of county government.
Established
1787
238 years ago
Largest city
Huntingdon borough
Population 6,862.

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 Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon 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 549 by 800 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 Huntingdon 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
Population43,00149th of 671,135th of 3,144
Land area874.6 sq mi17th of 67929th of 3,144
Population density49.2 per sq mi55th of 671,488th of 3,144
Median household income$65,55737th of 671,588th of 3,143

Full data for Huntingdon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population43,001Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202044,043Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,077Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area874.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area889.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?49.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,557American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$183,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,341American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,984American 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
-105
386 births, 491 deaths
Net migration
-276
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 7 areas bordering Huntingdon 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
Blair CountyPennsylvania48 mi119,541
Mifflin CountyPennsylvania43 mi46,127
Centre CountyPennsylvania26 mi157,393
Fulton CountyPennsylvania17 mi14,483
Franklin CountyPennsylvania17 mi160,652
Bedford CountyPennsylvania12 mi47,480
Juniata CountyPennsylvania8.4 mi23,403

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.