State College, PA Metro Area
The State College, PA metro area is one county in Pennsylvania: Centre County. About 157,393 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.5% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 157,393 0.5% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Centre County
- Land area
- 1,107 sq mi (2,868 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Combined statistical area
- State College-DuBois, PA
- CBSA code
- 44300
The county in the State College, PA metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Centre County | Central | 157,393 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- State College41,050 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the State College-DuBois, PA combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is
- DuBois, PA Micro Area78,100 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Lewistown, PA Micro Area20 mi southeast
- Huntingdon, PA Micro Area22 mi south
- Lock Haven, PA Micro Area32 mi northeast
- Altoona, PA Metro Area35 mi southwest
- Lewisburg, PA Micro Area52 mi east
- DuBois, PA Micro Area52 mi northwest
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