New figures released by the Pennsylvania State Data Center show a declining population across southwestern Pennsylvania, including in Indiana County.
The analysis, in fact, shows population losses in all but four Indiana County municipalities, according to U.S. Census information gathered in 2020. The county’s population dropped by 6.3 percent, from 88,880 to 83,246. Our neighbors also declined: Jefferson by 1.6 percent, Armstrong by 4.9 percent, Cambria by 7.1 percent, Clearfield by 1.3 percent, and Westmoreland by 2.9 percent.
Four municipalities actually gained in population from 2010 to 2020. Indiana Borough added 69 residents, a .5 percent increase. Homer City added 23, a 1.3 percent increase. Glen Campbell Borough added 11 residents, an increase of 4.5 percent. And tiny Smicksburg added ten residents, a 21.7 percent increase to 56.
All others lost population, led by Burrell Township, which lost the most by far…902 fewer residents in 2020, a 20.5 percent decrease. White Township lost 3.1 percent of its population, 485 residents. Green Township fell by 425 residents, a loss of 11.1 percent. Others steep declines were in Cherryhill Township (-320); Rayne Township (-206); Blairsville Borough (-198); Brush Valley Township (-183); and Washington Township (-159).
The Pennsylvania State Data Center is operated by Penn State University out of its Harrisburg campus location. The link to the data is pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/
