Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety72#15/51
Economy34#34/51
Housing62#20/51
Health68#17/51
Healthcare74#14/51
Environment35#32/49
Education72#15/51
Infrastructure30#36/51
Community88#7/51
Leisure & amenities36#33/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health care shortage · low1.0
98/100United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties
Primary care shortage · low1.0
96/100United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · high52.0%
95/100United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Frequent mental distress · low15.9%
92/100United States 18.6%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high3.6%
86/100United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Voter turnout · high71.0%
86/100United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Drinking water violations · high1
4/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · low2.0 /1k
6/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Time spent in the emergency room · high191 min
12/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · high34.6%
20/100United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · low12.4 /1k
20/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low23.8%
21/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 26% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+25 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
3 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−73%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Homicide rateImproving
8.5 /100k (2021) → 4.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
39.8 /100k (2021) → 19.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
3.7 /1k (2021) → 1.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
25.7% (2020 & 2021) → 34.6% (2023 & 2024)
+8.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Pennsylvania improved on 16 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Commute−0.9 min27.2 min → 26.3 min
Students / teacher−1.4×14.5× → 13.1×
Homicides−46%7.6 /100k → 4.1 /100k
Bachelor's++3.7 points31.4% → 35.2%
Unemployment−4.6 points8.8% → 4.3%

Declined6

Transit use−2 points5.6% → 3.6%
Pharmacies−14%2.2 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Restaurants−3.9%8.7 /10k → 8.4 /10k
Suicides+9.2%13.0 /100k → 14.2 /100k
Airport+6 mi30 mi → 36 mi

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.1 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	42%
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	26.3 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Improved	77%
Average weekly wage	$1,1932020	$1,4292025	+20%	Improved	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	75%
Broadband subscriptions	81.5%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	54%
Child poverty rate	16.5%2019	15.3%2024	−1.2 points	Improved	48%
Distance to an airport	30 mi2020	36 mi2025	+6 mi	Declined	5%
Drug overdose deaths	37.9 /100k2020	19.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−48%	Improved	85%
Effective property tax rate	1.51%2015-2019	1.26%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	85%
Firearm deaths	13.5 /100k2020	11.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	83%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+2.1%	Within the margin of error	64%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+4.9%	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	90.5%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Improved	60%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	77%
Homicide rate	7.6 /100k2020	4.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−46%	Improved	91%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,2972019	$72,4372024	+26%	Improved	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4742020-2024	+0.002	Little change	44%
Median household income	$63,4552019	$77,5322024	+22%	Improved	38%
New business applications	9.8 /1k2020	12.3 /1k2025	+26%	Improved	36%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−14%	Declined	15%
Poverty rate	12.0%2019	11.6%2024	−0.4 points	Improved	62%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	34%
Public transit commuters	5.6%2015-2019	3.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Declined	23%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Rent-burdened households	47.7%2015-2019	48.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Restaurants and bars	8.7 /10k2020	8.4 /10k2025	−3.9%	Declined	19%
Students per teacher	14.5×2019	13.1×2024	−1.4×	Improved	87%
Suicide rate	13.0 /100k2020	14.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.2%	Declined	25%
Traffic deaths	9.0 /100k2015-2019	9.0 /100k2020-2024	+0.1%	Within the margin of error	75%
Unemployment rate	8.8%2020	4.3%2025	−4.6 points	Improved	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2019	7.2%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	19%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Pennsylvania itself moved +1.4 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

13,018,639 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

13,018,639 residents

Pennsylvania
United States share

White73%9,505,369
Black10%1,336,493
Hispanic or Latino8.7%1,135,281
Asian3.8%495,420
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%6,510
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%2,186
Other or two or more races4.1%537,380

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.4 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

9,189,697 residents (±823)

Pennsylvania
United States share

No high school diploma7.9%723,143
High school or GED33%3,026,419
Some college15%1,389,233
Associate degree8.9%819,535
Bachelor's degree21%1,917,031
Graduate degree14%1,314,336

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+1.9 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,274,853 households (±8,848)

Pennsylvania
United States share

Under $25k15%795,321
$25k–50k17%917,601
$50k–75k16%836,965
$75k–100k13%674,859
$100k–150k18%935,739
$150k–200k9.3%490,778
$200k or more12%623,590

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.2 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,274,853 households (±8,848)

Pennsylvania
United States share

Own69%3,656,971
Rent31%1,617,882

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.4 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,530,443 households (±10,042)

Pennsylvania
United States share

Under $75018%277,037
$750–1,00017%254,686
$1,000–1,50033%503,063

Home values

3,656,971 homes (±15,249)

Pennsylvania
United States share

Under $150k24%860,170
$150k–250k26%934,832
$250k–400k26%953,003
$400k–750k

Age of homes

5,806,452 homes (±672)

Pennsylvania
United States share

2010 or later6.1%356,580
2000–20098.1%471,924
1980–199919%1,074,433
1960–1979

Size of homes

5,806,452 homes (±672)

Pennsylvania
United States share

Studio2.3%135,059
1 bedroom10%601,722
2 bedrooms22%1,304,137
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,210,797 workers (±15,162)

Pennsylvania
United States share

Drive alone68%4,234,548
Carpool7.5%468,312
Public transit3.6%221,772
Walk3.3%201,927
Bike0.4%27,636
Work from home16%969,334
Other1.4%87,268

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,241,463 workers (±13,660)

Pennsylvania
United States share

Under 15 min27%1,401,024
15–29 min36%1,898,440
30–44 min21%1,083,282

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Pennsylvania employ 1,423,590 people. 1 pay a median above the US median and 9 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Pennsylvania by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides257,370 jobs	257,370	$29,420US $35,800	−18%	1.53×
General and Operations Managers172,010 jobs	172,010

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Pennsylvania has 307,065 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248), with 5,713,846 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,690. The Census Bureau also counts 1,001,577 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 307,065; 1,001,577 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 236; US 248
Paid employees: 5,713,846
Average annual pay: $63,690; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pennsylvania by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	25,339	19.5	0.93×About typical	402,469	$73,725	49,249
Restaurants and other eating places	22,254	17.1	0.93×About typical	364,990	$20,987	5,616
Specialty trade contractors	18,285	14.1	0.91×About typical	166,915	$75,225	68,065
Lessors of real estate	9,884	7.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	48,442	$68,929	102,764
Limited-service restaurants	9,802	7.5	0.94×About typical	139,513	$18,618	2,682
Full-service restaurants	9,433	7.3	0.94×About typical	190,674	$23,152	2,021
Religious organizations	9,420	7.2	1.31×More than typical	66,379	$25,615	—
Construction of buildings	9,325	7.2	0.95×About typical	59,654	$74,709	29,675
Services to buildings and dwellings	8,735	6.7	1.00×About typical	76,511	$40,617	48,148
Offices of physicians	8,257	6.3	0.98×About typical	143,556	$109,899	8,329
Personal care services	8,198	6.3	1.32×More than typical	41,288	$27,289	32,236
Automotive repair and maintenance	7,585	5.8	1.16×About typical	37,440	$47,438	12,677

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,009,406 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $22.9B on contracts performed in Pennsylvania: $1,751 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $22.9B; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,751; US $1,994
Sole-source: 33%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$6.5B28%
Department of the Navy$6.2B27%
Department of the Army$3.7B16%
Department of Energy$2B8.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$856.8M3.7%
U.S. Special Operations Command$556.5M2.4%
Department of the Air Force$546.8M2.4%
Defense Health Agency$525.4M2.3%

Top recipients

AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORP$5.6B25%
FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$4.2B18%
THE BOEING COMPANY$2.3B9.9%
BECHTEL PLANT MACHINERY, INC.$2.2B9.5%
BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$1.1B4.6%

Spending by fiscal year

15.8BFY2017
17BFY2018
18.9BFY2019
18BFY2020
17.6BFY2021
19.7BFY2022
23.3BFY2023
26.6B

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$5B22%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$3.9B17%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2.5B11%
Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$2.2B9.5%
Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers · 4242$1.8B8.1%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369

Largest awards

NAVAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY$15B
FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC· Allegheny County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 12, 2018 – Jun 11, 2026· N0002418C2130
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NAVAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY AND NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION PROGRAM SUPPORT$14.8B
FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC· Allegheny County, PA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 12, 2018 – Sep 29, 2026· 89233018CNR000004
CH-47F CARGO HELICOPTER MULTIYEAR II. 34 NEW BUILD HELICOPTERS AND 121 RENEW HELICOPTERS.$3.8B
THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 3, 2016 – Apr 23, 2026· W58RGZ13C0002
NAVAL REACTORS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $249.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Pennsylvania: $19,119 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $249.7B; −2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $19,119; US $12,955
Loan face value: $17B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$62.8B25%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$55.3B22%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$50B20%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$32.3B13%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.9B2.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$5B2.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$4.6B1.8%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$3.6B1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

PA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$39.4B16%
HARRISBURG, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3.8B1.5%
HARRISBURG, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPT OF EDUCATION$2.4B1.0%
HARRISBURG, PA
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$849.7M0.3%
PHILADELPHIA, PA
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$148.9B60%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$69.6B28%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$5.8B2.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$5.1B2.1%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

235.4BFY2021
211.6BFY2022
233.2BFY2023
240.3BFY2024
254.9BFY2025
249.7BFY2026

County aggregates

77%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Pennsylvania, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Pennsylvania
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$1,233	$1,436
FY2018	$1,325	$1,552
FY2019	$1,477	$1,654
FY2020	$1,383	$1,880
FY2021	$1,349	$1,810
FY2022	$1,518	$1,917
FY2023	$1,788	$2,079
FY2024	$2,037	$2,047
FY2025	$2,063	$2,165
FY2026	$1,751 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$73.55	$93.28
FY2018	$53.81	$105
FY2019	$80.88	$128
FY2020	$55.39	$145
FY2021	$56.00	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$5,502	$5,748
FY2022	$5,135	$5,221
FY2023	$5,488	$5,364
FY2024	$5,814	$5,501
FY2025	$5,755	$5,732
FY2026	$5,658

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$274	$298
FY2022	$313	$357
FY2023	$307	$301
FY2024	$290	$319
FY2025	$310	$360
FY2026	$419

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$204	$239
FY2022	$176	$185
FY2023	$222	$229
FY2024	$226	$229
FY2025	$214	$249
FY2026	$178

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$2,651	$2,304
FY2022	$2,686	$2,197
FY2023	$2,743	$2,274
FY2024	$2,563	$2,267
FY2025	$2,725	$2,397
FY2026	$2,969

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,011	$1,186
FY2022	$331	$465
FY2023	$82.63	$76.52
FY2024	$94.50	$120
FY2025	$120	$148
FY2026	$89.87

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	0.9%	2.0%
2015	0.8%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Pennsylvania whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Montgomery County, PAFederal contracts · FY2024$8,106 (4.1×)
Lebanon County, PAFederal contracts · FY2024$975 (2.1×)
York County, PAContracts and grants · FY2023$5,777 (2.6×)
Montgomery County, PAContracts and grants · FY2023$6,116 (2.3×)
York County, PAFederal contracts · FY2023$5,632 (2.2×)
Luzerne County, PA

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/42

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Pennsylvania

All 67 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Pennsylvania, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Pennsylvania

By population.

All 2,001 cities and towns in Pennsylvania

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/42

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.7%	−4.2%
2015	−0.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.0%	+6.8%
2019	+9.6%	+10.5%
2020	+18.2%	+19.4%
2021	+23.3%	+26.1%
2022	+28.2%	+30.6%
2023	+32.0%	+35.0%
2024	+36.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−6.1%	−5.5%
2015	−2.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+7.7%	+8.9%
2019	+11.0%	+13.5%
2020	+19.2%	+20.8%
2021	+26.6%	+32.1%
2022	+28.7%	+35.4%
2023	+34.6%	+42.9%
2024	+39.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	2.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−6.5%	−6.9%
2015	−2.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.7%
2018	+7.0%	+7.5%
2019	+11.5%	+14.0%
2020	+14.1%	+16.9%
2021	+21.2%	+21.0%
2022	+26.2%	+29.7%
2023	+29.8%	+34.9%
2024	+36.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	13.6%	15.5%
2015	13.1%	14.7%
2016	12.9%	14.0%
2017	12.5%	13.4%
2018	12.2%	13.1%
2019	12.0%	12.3%
2020	10.9%	11.9%
2021	12.0%	12.8%
2022	11.8%	12.6%
2023	11.9%	12.5%
2024	11.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.0%	6.2%
2015	5.4%	5.3%
2016	5.3%	4.9%
2017	5.0%	4.4%
2018	4.4%	3.9%
2019	4.3%	3.7%
2020	8.8%	8.1%
2021	5.9%	5.4%
2022	4.2%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	3.8%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−6.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+37.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+49.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+55.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+61.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+65.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	10.2%	13.5%
2015	7.6%	10.9%
2016	6.8%	10.0%
2017	6.6%	10.2%
2018	6.7%	10.4%
2019	7.0%	10.8%
2020	7.7%	10.4%
2021	6.7%	10.2%
2022	6.5%	9.5%
2023	6.5%	9.5%
2024	7.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.3/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved16

Declined6

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