Greater Pittsburgh

This article is about the region around the city of Pittsburgh. For a broader area, see Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area.
"Southwestern Pennsylvania" redirects here. For the town in Westmoreland County, see Southwest, Pennsylvania.
Greater Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Pittsburgh in November 2011
Downtown Pittsburgh in November 2011
Map
Pittsburgh–Weirton–Steubenville, PA–OH–WV CSA
Coordinates: 40°26′15″N 79°59′42″W / 40.4375°N 79.995°W / 40.4375; -79.995
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
Largest cityPittsburgh
Population
[1][2]
 • Total
2,457,000
 • Rank26th in the U.S.
GDP
[3]
 • MSA$181.5 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Greater Pittsburgh is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania, United States.[4] The region includes Allegheny County, Pittsburgh's urban core county and economic hub, and seven adjacent Pennsylvania counties: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland in Western Pennsylvania, which constitutes the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area MSA as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.[5]

As of the 2020 census, the Greater Pittsburgh region had a population of over 2.37 million people. Pittsburgh, the region's core city, has a population of 302,971, the second-largest in the state after Philadelphia. Over half of the region's population resides within Allegheny County, which has a population of 1.24 million and is the state's second-largest county after Philadelphia County.[6]

  1. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Deto, Ryan (8 August 2023). "Lawrence County added to Pittsburgh metro area". TribLIVE.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024. the Pittsburgh metro area now includes eight counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland
  3. ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Pittsburgh, PA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
  4. ^ "PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS, MARCH 2020". US census bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "OMB Bulletin No. 23-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. July 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". Census.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-22.