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Greater Pittsburgh
Region in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. Census Bureau.[5]
Greater Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||
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![]() Downtown Pittsburgh in November 2011 | ||
![]() Pittsburgh–Weirton–Steubenville, PA–OH–WV CSA
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Coordinates: 40°26′15″N 79°59′42″W | ||
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Largest city | Pittsburgh | |
Population | ||
• Total | 2,457,000 | |
• Rank | 26th in the U.S. | |
GDP | ||
• MSA | $181.5 billion (2022) | |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern Standard Time) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern Daylight Time) |
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]