County · Pennsylvania

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 83 out of 100 (very high), ranking #544 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #10 of 67 counties. It ranks best on high school diploma or higher (high), public transit commuters (high) and some college (high). It ranks worst on median Air Quality Index (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

83Very high

Quality-of-life score: #544 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #10 of 67 in PA
Population: 1,225,035 (2025)
Land area: 730 mi²
Density: 1,678.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 42003

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety42#1,783/3,096
Economy73#857/3,143
Housing50#1,567/3,140
Health78#692/3,144
Healthcare98#63/3,143
Environment10#2,801/3,108
Education99#29/3,144
Infrastructure93#227/3,144
Community90#315/3,144
Leisure & amenities85#487/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

High school diploma or higher · high95.7%
99/100Pennsylvania 92.1%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Public transit commuters · high5.4%
98/100Pennsylvania 3.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Some college · high80.5%
98/100Pennsylvania 67.5%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Average weekly wage · high$1,563
96/100Pennsylvania $1,429United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.1%
96/100Pennsylvania 7.2%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Median Air Quality Index · high52
4/100Pennsylvania 432025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
5/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high213 min
6/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Effective property tax rate · high1.47%
7/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.485
9/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drug overdose deaths · high27.5 /100k
9/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

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

Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.7% (2020 & 2021) → 36.5% (2023 & 2024)
+9.8 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
51.7 /100k (2021) → 27.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
9.6 /100k (2021) → 5.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
16.2% (Dec 2021) → 24.2% (Aug 2026)
+8 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Mental health providersImproving
384 /100k (2021) → 518 /100k (2025)
+35%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.9% (2015-2019) → 90.8% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania improved on 14 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 10 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Unemployment−4.7 points8.7% → 4.0%
Commute−1.9 min27.2 min → 25.2 min
Firearm deaths−19%13.4 /100k → 10.9 /100k
Bachelor's++4.1 points41.6% → 45.8%
Overdose deaths−44%49.2 /100k → 27.5 /100k

Declined6

Transit use−4 points9.5% → 5.4%
Property crime+9.8%1,249 /100k → 1,371 /100k
Pharmacies−15%2.1 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Rent burden+1.9 points44.2% → 46.2%
Rent / income+0.8 points27.5% → 28.3%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.0 /10k2020	5.5 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	59%
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Improved	88%
Average weekly wage	$1,3022020	$1,5632025	+20%	Improved	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%2015-2019	45.8%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	73%
Broadband subscriptions	83.9%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Improved	22%
Child poverty rate	14.1%2019	14.5%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Distance to an airport	15 mi2020	15 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	49.2 /100k2020	27.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	1.84%2015-2019	1.47%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	94%
Firearm deaths	13.4 /100k2020	10.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Improved	77%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+9%	Within the margin of error	77%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.9 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+3.7%	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Improved	32%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	52%
Homicide rate	8.5 /100k2020	5.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−34%	Improved	58%
Income adjusted for local prices	$65,3622019	$82,0582024	+26%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.4852020-2024	0.000	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$64,7992019	$80,8782024	+25%	Improved	50%
New business applications	10.2 /1k2020	13.0 /1k2025	+28%	Improved	30%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−15%	Declined	33%
Poverty rate	10.8%2019	11.7%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Property crime rate	1,249 /100k2020	1,371 /100k2025	+9.8%	Declined	7%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−3.6%	Within the margin of error	32%
Public transit commuters	9.5%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−4 points	Declined	4%
Rent as share of income	27.5%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Declined	42%
Rent-burdened households	44.2%2015-2019	46.2%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Declined	42%
Restaurants and bars	11.3 /10k2020	10.7 /10k2025	−5.1%	Within the margin of error	35%
Students per teacher	13.2×2019	12.7×2024	−0.5×	Little change	44%
Suicide rate	11.9 /100k2020	14.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+19%	Within the margin of error	22%
Traffic deaths	5.3 /100k2015-2019	5.9 /100k2020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	41%
Unemployment rate	8.7%2020	4.0%2025	−4.7 points	Improved	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2019	5.1%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	288 /100k2020	265 /100k2025	−8.3%	Improved	42%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Allegheny County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Allegheny County, 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, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania itself moved −0.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

1,238,177 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

545,802 households (±1,976)

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k16%86,622
$25k–50k17%93,323
$50k–75k15%82,657

Homes

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

Owners and renters

545,802 households (±1,976)

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own65%355,674
Rent35%190,128

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.9 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

623,940 workers (±3,243)

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone62%386,064
Carpool6.3%39,504
Public transit5.4%33,967

Jobs and pay

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pittsburgh, PA

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.

Allegheny County has 33,812 employer establishments, 275 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.17× Pennsylvania's), with 709,774 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,827. The Census Bureau also counts 95,928 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 33,812; 95,928 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 275; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 709,774
Average annual pay: $67,827; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	3,281	26.7	1.28×More than typical	56,544	$81,487	5,146
Restaurants and other eating places	2,554	20.8	1.13×About typical	47,124	$21,860	410
Specialty trade contractors	1,711	13.9	0.90×About typical	20,285	$71,677	5,217
Offices of physicians	1,255	10.2	1.58×More than typical	27,370	$106,824	1,156
Lessors of real estate	1,244	10.1	0.82×About typical	7,200	$66,959	10,358
Limited-service restaurants	1,101	9	1.12×About typical	16,647	$18,540	196
Full-service restaurants	1,088	8.9	1.15×About typical	25,572	$24,702	142
Personal care services	952	7.7	1.62×More than typical	5,203	$28,923	2,860
Construction of buildings	880	7.2	0.95×About typical	7,607	$81,294	2,052
Offices of other health practitioners	865	7	1.16×About typical	4,625	$49,182	2,703
Services to buildings and dwellings	863	7	1.04×About typical	7,652	$41,262	3,875
Management, scientific and technical consulting	841	6.8	1.02×About typical	7,341	$110,473	4,809

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,228,911 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 $7B on contracts performed in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: $5,714 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $7B; +10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,714; US $1,995
Sole-source: 34%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.2%; 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

Department of the Navy$4.5B64%
Department of Energy$2B28%
Department of Veterans Affairs$229.6M3.3%
Department of the Air Force$97.5M1.4%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$51.5M0.7%
Department of the Army$50.3M0.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$28.9M0.4%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$21.3M0.3%

Top recipients

FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$4.2B60%
BECHTEL PLANT MACHINERY, INC.$2.2B31%
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$84.8M1.2%
ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC$47.5M0.7%
FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C.$30.2M0.4%

Spending by fiscal year

5.2BFY2017
4.9BFY2018
6.2BFY2019
5.5BFY2020
5.8BFY2021
6.6BFY2022
6BFY2023
6.4B

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$4.4B62%
Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$2.2B31%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$46.4M0.7%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$44.2M0.6%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$31.8M0.5%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379

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
NAVAL REACTORS$3.4B
BECHTEL PLANT MACHINERY, INC.· Allegheny County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 30, 2018 – Apr 16, 2026· N0002419C2114
S1B

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 $19.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: $15,898 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $19.5B; +0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $15,898; US $12,975
Loan face value: $559.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$5.4B27%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$5.3B27%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$3.4B18%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$1.6B8.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$527.4M2.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$436.6M2.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$376.9M1.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$237M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$684.1M3.5%
PITTSBURGH, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$313.4M1.6%
HARRISBURG, PA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH$146.9M0.8%
PITTSBURGH, PA
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY$138.1M0.7%
PITTSBURGH, PA
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE

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$10.4B53%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$6.5B34%
National Institutes of Health$672.3M3.5%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$453M2.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

16BFY2021
15.8BFY2022
16.1BFY2023
17BFY2024
19.4BFY2025
19.5BFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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.

How Allegheny County, Pennsylvania compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$4,257	$1,436
FY2018	$4,035	$1,552
FY2019	$5,067	$1,654
FY2020	$4,388	$1,880
FY2021	$4,649	$1,810
FY2022	$5,329	$1,917
FY2023	$4,846	$2,079
FY2024	$5,243	$2,047
FY2025	$5,192	$2,165
FY2026	$5,714 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$158	$93.28
FY2018	$40.78	$105
FY2019	$83.60	$128
FY2020	$48.36	$145
FY2021	$68.00	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$6,043	$5,748
FY2022	$6,146	$5,221
FY2023	$5,699	$5,364
FY2024	$6,526	$5,501
FY2025	$6,215	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$192	$298
FY2022	$165	$357
FY2023	$185	$301
FY2024	$370	$319
FY2025	$169	$360
FY2026	$285

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$311	$239
FY2022	$323	$185
FY2023	$379	$229
FY2024	$356	$229
FY2025	$371	$249
FY2026	$325

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$609	$2,304
FY2022	$206	$2,197
FY2023	$235	$2,274
FY2024	$489	$2,267
FY2025	$482	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,243	$1,186
FY2022	$334	$465
FY2023	$129	$76.52
FY2024	$101	$120
FY2025	$187	$148
FY2026	$128

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.

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−0.2%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/42003

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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.

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Allegheny County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Pittsburgh, PA84Central county

Cities and towns in Allegheny County

Places whose residents live mostly in Allegheny County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-07
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Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.7%	−4.2%
2015	+0.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+6.0%	+6.8%
2019	+9.2%	+10.5%
2020	+18.0%	+19.4%
2021	+23.8%	+26.1%
2022	+27.6%	+30.6%
2023	+32.2%	+35.0%
2024	+36.5%	+41.0%
2025	+41.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.5%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.5%	+4.1%
2018	+13.0%	+8.9%
2019	+16.7%	+13.5%
2020	+23.6%	+20.8%
2021	+30.6%	+32.1%
2022	+32.9%	+35.4%
2023	+39.8%	+42.9%
2024	+45.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	1.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−6.6%	−6.9%
2015	−3.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.7%
2018	+6.7%	+7.5%
2019	+15.5%	+14.0%
2020	+14.5%	+16.9%
2021	+22.8%	+21.0%
2022	+28.3%	+29.7%
2023	+36.3%	+34.9%
2024	+44.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	13.1%	15.5%
2015	12.2%	14.7%
2016	11.5%	14.0%
2017	11.2%	13.4%
2018	11.7%	13.1%
2019	10.8%	12.3%
2020	10.5%	11.9%
2021	11.3%	12.8%
2022	11.3%	12.6%
2023	11.6%	12.5%
2024	11.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	5.1%	5.3%
2016	5.1%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	4.1%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	8.7%	8.1%
2021	5.6%	5.4%
2022	4.0%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	3.6%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−10.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+41.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+49.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+55.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+60.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+62.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	−0.9% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.0% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.5% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+15.2% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+24.6% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+31.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+36.6% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+42.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+48.1% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	8.0%	13.5%
2015	6.0%	10.9%
2016	4.9%	10.0%
2017	4.9%	10.2%
2018	5.0%	10.4%
2019	5.1%	10.8%
2020	5.8%	10.4%
2021	4.9%	10.2%
2022	4.7%	9.5%
2023	4.8%	9.5%
2024	5.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.0/1k	16.6/1k

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