State College, Pennsylvania

"State College" redirects here. For other uses, see State College (disambiguation).
For the Penn State University campus, see University Park, Pennsylvania.

State College
Home rule municipality
Pennsylvania State University Main campus
Pennsylvania State University Main campus
Campus buildings on Burrowes Road
Campus buildings on Burrowes Road
Campus building spanning across Atherton Street at White Course
Campus building spanning across Atherton Street at White Course
Downtown State College
Downtown State College
Nickname(s): 
"Lion Country", "Happy Valley"
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Coordinates: 40°47′29″N 77°51′31″W / 40.79139°N 77.85861°W / 40.79139; -77.85861
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCentre
IncorporatedAugust 29, 1896; 128 years ago (August 29, 1896)
Government
 • MayorEzra Nanes[1]
Area
[2]
4.58 sq mi (11.86 km2)
 • Land4.58 sq mi (11.86 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,154 ft (352 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
40,501
 • Density8,846.88/sq mi (3,415.50/km2)
 • Urban
87,454 (US: 335th)
 • Metro
MSA:158,742 (US: 257th)
CSA: 236,577 (US: 124th)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
16801, 16802, 16803, 16804, 16805
Area code814 and 582
FIPS code42-73808
School districtState College Area School District
Websitewww.statecollegepa.us

State College is a borough and home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally, and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University.

State College is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania.[4] It is the principal borough of the six municipalities that make up the State College area, the largest settlement in Centre County and one of the principal cities of the greater State College-DuBois Combined Statistical Area with a combined population of 236,577 as of the 2010 U.S. census. In the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034 with approximately 105,000 living in the borough and the surrounding townships, often referred to locally as the Centre Region. Many of these Centre Region communities also carry a "State College, PA" address although they are not part of the borough.[4] Happy Valley and Lion Country are also used to identify the State College area, including both the borough and townships of College, Harris, Patton, and Ferguson.

  1. ^ Moyer, Josh (January 2, 2022). "What does a more 'progressive' State College look like? Incoming mayor talks priorities, police and more". Centre Daily Times. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "State College: Mayor's Welcome". Statecollegepa.us.