Greater Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania, United States. 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.
Greater Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||
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Metropolitan Area | ||
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 | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| 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.