List of cities in Pennsylvania

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This is a list of cities in Pennsylvania, of which there are 57. Cities may theoretically be first-class, second-class, second-class A, or third-class (of which there are 54), according to population and adoption of certain ordinances. However, all first-class (of which there is 1), second-class (of which there is 1), and second-class A (of which there is 1) cities, as well as 24 third-class cities, have adopted Home Rule Charters, which change a city's relationship with the state so much that they are generaly no longer considered to be a city under state law. However, they are still considered cities for classification purposes. Unlike other similar lists for Pennsylvania's towns and boroughs and townships, this list does include cities with Home Rule Charters, as, unlike in the previous cases, excluding them would severely limit the comprehensibility of this list. As in those previous cases, however, it should be strongly emphasized that these are not really cities under state law, and they are therefore also listed in "List of Pennsylvania Municipalities and Counties with Home Rule Charters, Optional Charters, or Optional Plans," and are indicated below.

In addition to Home Rule Charters, third-class cities were able to adopt Optional Charters from 1957 to 1972, and all cities (since 1972) have been able to adopt Optional Plans. Optional Charters and Plans function approximately the same way, the major difference being that new applications for the former are no longer accepted and that the latter has been generalized to apply to any municipality in the state. The third-class cities which adopted Optional Charters before 1972 and have not since adopted Home Rule Charters, of which there are 11, still retain them. In addition, 3 third-class cities have Optional Plans. Optional Charters and Plans function mostly to allow the city (or any other municipality, in the case of Optional Plans) to design its own form of local government, but do not significantly change the relationship between the city (or other municipality) and the state, and therefore these cities are still considered cities under state law. Finally, the City of Parker employs a unique (for Pennsylvania cities) form of local government, that of the weak mayor council form, which is established under a special law uniquely for that city; it is still considered a city under state law. Because of Home Rule Charters, Optional Charters, Optional Plans, and Parker's unique situation, only 14 of Pennsylvania's cities still use one of the two standard forms of Pennsylvania city government, the council-manager or mayor-council forms.

Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania and the fifth most populous city in the United States.

Pittsburgh, the second-largest city in the state.

Allentown, the state's third largest city.

Erie, the state's fourth-most populous city.

Reading, the fifth-most populous.

Scranton, the sixth-largest.

Bethlehem, the seventh-largest.

Lancaster, the eighth-largest.

Harrisburg, ninth-largest city and capital of the state.

Name	County	Class^[1]	Population (2010 Census)	Incorporation date (as city)	Home Rule/Charter/Plan(?)
Aliquippa	Beaver	Third	9,438	1987	No
Allentown	Lehigh	Third	118,032	1867	Home Rule
Altoona	Blair	Third	46,320	1868	Home Rule
Arnold	Westmoreland	Third	5,157	1939	No
Beaver Falls	Beaver	Third	8,987	1928	No
Bethlehem	Lehigh Northampton	Third	74,982	1917	Charter
Bradford	McKean	Third	8,770	1879	No
Butler	Butler	Third	13,757	1918	No
Carbondale	Lackawanna	Third	8,891	1851	Home Rule
Chester	Delaware	Third	33,972	1866	Home Rule
Clairton	Allegheny	Third	6,796	1922	Home Rule
Coatesville	Chester	Third	13,100	1915	Home Rule
Connellsville	Fayette	Third	7,637	1911	No
Corry	Erie	Third	6,605	1866	No
DuBois	Clearfield	Third	7,794	1914	Plan
Duquesne	Allegheny	Third	5,565	1918	No
Easton	Northampton	Third	26,800	1887	Home Rule
Erie	Erie	Third	101,786	1851	Charter
Farrell	Mercer	Third	5,111	1932	Home Rule
Franklin	Venango	Third	6,545	1868	Home Rule
Greensburg	Westmoreland	Third	14,892	1928	Home Rule
Harrisburg	Dauphin	Third	49,528	1860	Charter
Hazleton	Luzerne	Third	25,340	1891	Plan
Hermitage	Mercer	Third	16,220	1976	Home Rule
Jeannette	Westmoreland	Third	9,654	1938	No
Johnstown	Cambria	Third	20,978	1889	Home Rule
Lancaster	Lancaster	Third	59,322	1818	Charter
Latrobe	Westmoreland	Third	8,944	1999	Home Rule
Lebanon	Lebanon	Third	25,477	1885	Home Rule
Lock Haven	Clinton	Third	9,772	1870	Charter
Lower Burrell	Westmoreland	Third	11,761	1959	No
McKeesport	Allegheny	Third	19,731	1891	Home Rule
Meadville	Crawford	Third	13,388	1866	Charter
Monessen	Westmoreland	Third	7,720	1921	No
Monongahela	Washington	Third	4,300	1873	No
Nanticoke	Luzerne	Third	10,465	1926	Home Rule
New Castle	Lawrence	Third	23,273	1869	Charter
New Kensington	Westmoreland	Third	13,116	1934	No
Oil City	Venango	Third	10,557	1871	Charter
Parker	Armstrong	Third	840	1873	No
Philadelphia	Philadelphia	First	1,526,006	1701	Home Rule
Pittsburgh	Allegheny	Second	305,704	1816	Home Rule
Pittston	Luzerne	Third	7,739	1894	Home Rule
Pottsville	Schuylkill	Third	14,324	1911	No
Reading	Berks	Third	88,082	1847	Home Rule
St. Marys	Elk	Third	13,070	1992	Home Rule
Scranton	Lackawanna	Second A	76,089	1866	Home Rule
Shamokin	Northumberland	Third	7,374	1949	No
Sharon	Mercer	Third	14,038	1917	Home Rule
Sunbury	Northumberland	Third	9,905	1920	No
Titusville	Crawford	Third	5,602	1866	Charter
Uniontown	Fayette	Third	10,372	1864	No
Warren	Warren	Third	9,710	1832	Home Rule
Washington	Washington	Third	13,663	1924	No
Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Third	41,498	1871	Home Rule
Williamsport	Lycoming	Third	29,381	1866	Charter
York	York	Third	43,718	1887	Charter

^↑As noted above, these designations do not have any legal meaning for those cities with Home Rule Charters, but they are useful for categorization purposes.

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Harrisburg (capital)

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