Counties in Pennsylvania

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Pennsylvania
* A list and map of counties in Pennsylvania
* An overview of local elections in Pennsylvania
* An overview of the initiative process in Pennsylvania

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2023
* 2.3 2022
* 2.4 2021
* 2.5 2020
* 2.6 2019
* 2.7 2018
* 2.8 2017
* 2.9 2016
* 2.10 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 3.1 Counties
* 3.2 Cities
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Allegheny County
* Government of Philadelphia County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 66 counties, 2,559 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,712 special districts.[1]

Note: Philadelphia County operates under a consolidated government with the city of Philadelphia.

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Northampton
Forest
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Tioga
Warren
Wayne
Wyoming
York
Beaver
Dauphin
Greene
Jefferson
Clarion
Clearfield
Indiana
Perry
Cameron
Butler
Fulton
Bradford
Huntingdon
Bedford
Lawrence
Clinton
Columbia
Berks
Mercer
Northumberland
Cambria
Lackawanna
Chester
Monroe
Elk
Carbon
Blair
Erie
Fayette
Juniata
McKean
Mifflin
Montgomery
Montour
Delaware
Adams
Lehigh
Cumberland
Franklin
Luzerne
Potter
Allegheny
Bucks
Lycoming
Lebanon
Centre
Pike
Susquehanna
Washington
Union
Crawford
Venango
Lancaster
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Philadelphia

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
* Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Pennsylvania that year.

Past elections

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### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Pennsylvania that year.

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Pennsylvania

### Counties[edit]

All of Pennsylvania's seven charter counties have charter amendment by initiative.[2]

### Cities[edit]

Charter amendment by initiative is available in each of Pennsylvania's 65 charter cities. In addition, the state's 37 third class cities enjoy a limited initiative process.[2]

## See also[edit]

Pennsylvania | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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* Pennsylvania
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* Top counties
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* 2025 municipal elections
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* Local ballot measure elections in 2025
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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Pennsylvania municipal code library
* Pennsylvania state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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