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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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(Centre County)

Harrisburg
(Philadelphia County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Harrisburg had a population of 48,950 people ^<1>. This represents 0.4% of the total population of Pennsylvania, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	47,148	-3.68%
2007	47,173	-3.63%	+0.1% since 2006
2006	47,125	-3.73%	-0.25% since 2005
2005	47,243	-3.49%	-0.45% since 2004
2004	47,458	-3.05%	-1.15% since 2003
2003	48,010	-1.92%	-0.68% since 2002
2002	48,338	-1.25%	-0.39% since 2001
2001	48,529	-0.86%	-0.86% since 2000
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2000	48,950	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
7	Bethlehem	E	82 mi [132 km]	72,241	1.28% increase
8	Lancaster	SE	33 mi [53.1 km]	54,626	3.06% decrease
9	Altoona	W	81 mi [130.4 km]	46,144	6.82% decrease
-10-	Harrisburg			47,148	3.68% decrease
11	Wilkes-Barre	NE	84 mi [135.2 km]	40,932	5.08% decrease
12	York	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	40,097	1.87% decrease
13	Chester	E	84 mi [135.2 km]	36,564	0.79% decrease

Harrisburg had 24,314 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Harrisburg has a total area of 11.44 square miles [29.63 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 8.11 square miles [21.01 km²]3.33 square miles [8.62 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Harrisburg had a 2000 population density of 6,035 people per square mile [2,330 people/km²], making it the state's 11th most densely populated area.

Dauphin County

The city of Harrisburg is located in Dauphin County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 251,797 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 48,950 people, Harrisburg contained 19.44% of the Dauphin County total.

In addition, where the community of Harrisburg has a population density of 6,035 people per square mile [2,330 people/km²], Dauphin County averages 479.3 people per square mile [185.1 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Dauphin County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Harrisburg and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Harrisburg. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	47,148	3.68% decrease
20 mi [32 km]	1	47,148	3.68% decrease
30 mi [48 km]	3	111,342	2.56% decrease

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Harrisburg. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Harrisburg, it also contains a comparison between Harrisburg and the state of Pennsylvania.

Click here for the Harrisburg QuickFact (QF-4232800).

A Census Quickfact is available for Dauphin County (QF-42043).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Dauphin County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Cumberland	QF-42041	SW	229,361	7.18% increase
Lancaster	QF-42071	SE	502,370	6.48% increase
Lebanon	QF-42075	E	128,934	7.07% increase
Northumberland	QF-42097	N	91,091	3.58% decrease
Perry	QF-42099	W	45,185	3.61% increase
Schuylkill	QF-42107	NE	147,254	1.89% decrease
York	QF-42133	S	424,583	10.94% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Harrisburg:

	State Code:	42 (Pennsylvania)
	County Code:	043 (Dauphin County)
	Place Code:	32800 (Harrisburg)

	State & County Code:	42043 (Pennsylvania/Dauphin County)

	State & Place Code:	4232800 (Pennsylvania/Harrisburg)

Harrisburg is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Harrisburg.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Pennsylvania ^<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Harrisburg. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Harrisburg? Please visit the Map Page for Harrisburg.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Harrisburg and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Harrisburg. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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