County · Pennsylvania

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,483 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #59 of 67 counties. It ranks best on mental health care shortage (low), mammography screening (high) and primary care shortage (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), new homes permitted (low) and adult smoking (high).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,483 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #59 of 67 in PA
Population: 89,920 (2025)
Land area: 458 mi²
Density: 196.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 42097

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety88#368/3,096
Economy26#2,319/3,143
Housing69#967/3,140
Health50#1,557/3,144
Healthcare65#1,088/3,143
Environment34#2,050/3,108
Education41#1,842/3,144
Infrastructure35#2,048/3,144
Community71#921/3,144
Leisure & amenities36#2,023/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Mammography screening · high58.0%
95/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Flu vaccinations · high51.0%
91/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · low8.8 /100k
89/100Pennsylvania 11.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Social associations · high15.8 /10k
83/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.8 /1k
10/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
New homes permitted · low0.3 /1k
17/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Adult smoking · high19.2%
21/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.12%
22/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Unemployment rate · high4.8%
23/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Preventable hospital stays · high3,568 /100k
23/100Pennsylvania 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 34% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+34 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
4.6 /1k (2020) → 7.8 /1k (2025)
+70%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Violent crime rateImproving
345 /100k (2019) → 110 /100k (2025)
−68%6 yearsUS 369 /100k → 328 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
6.9 /100k (2021) → 2.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
37.4 /100k (2021) → 14.4 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−61%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.9% (2015-2019) → 85.1% (2020-2024)
+12 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, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 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 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Students / teacher−2.4×14.9× → 12.5×
Unemployment−4.2 points9.0% → 4.8%
Overdose deaths−62%38.2 /100k → 14.4 /100k
New businesses+70%4.6 /1k → 7.8 /1k
Household income+29%$47,967 → $61,984

Declined2

Uninsured+2 points6.4% → 8.4%
Price / income+0.3×2.4× → 2.7×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+1.8%	Within the margin of error	42%
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	33%
Average weekly wage	$8762020	$1,0432025	+19%	Improved	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Improved	51%
Broadband subscriptions	72.9%2015-2019	85.1%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	67%
Child poverty rate	20.3%2019	21.2%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Distance to an airport	48 mi2020	48 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	38.2 /100k2020	14.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−62%	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	1.30%2015-2019	1.12%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	70%
Firearm deaths	9.2 /100k2020	8.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	56%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	23%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	+1.8%	Within the margin of error	54%
High school diploma or higher	88.0%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	64%
Homicide rate	4.3 /100k2020	2.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−47%	Within the margin of error	69%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,8962019	$57,5522024	+25%	Improved	14%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4342015-2019	0.4282020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$47,9672019	$61,9842024	+29%	Improved	71%
New business applications	4.6 /1k2020	7.8 /1k2025	+70%	Improved	78%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−20%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	13.3%2019	14.2%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	+0.8%	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	0.2%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent as share of income	26.4%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	41.7%2015-2019	42.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Restaurants and bars	8.1 /10k2020	7.8 /10k2025	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	38%
Students per teacher	14.9×2019	12.5×2024	−2.4×	Improved	91%
Suicide rate	12.3 /100k2020	15.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+26%	Within the margin of error	15%
Traffic deaths	12.0 /100k2015-2019	10.6 /100k2020-2024	−12%	Within the margin of error	70%
Unemployment rate	9.0%2020	4.8%2025	−4.2 points	Improved	86%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.4%2019	8.4%2024	+2 points	Declined	3%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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; 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 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Northumberland 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, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania itself moved +0.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

90,560 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

37,886 households (±421)

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k18%6,969
$25k–50k21%8,128
$50k–75k20%7,584

Homes

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

Owners and renters

37,886 households (±421)

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own75%28,594
Rent25%9,292

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.7 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

40,250 workers (±761)

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone76%30,708
Carpool9.0%3,640
Public transit0.2%†70

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 Sunbury, 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.

Northumberland County has 1,611 employer establishments, 179 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Pennsylvania's), with 23,047 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,585. The Census Bureau also counts 5,069 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,611; 5,069 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 179; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 23,047
Average annual pay: $49,585; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	128	14.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,001	$65,211	129
Restaurants and other eating places	121	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,316	$16,862	29
Religious organizations	103	11.4	2.06×More than typical	370	$16,568	—
Specialty trade contractors	97	10.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	604	$55,197	448
Full-service restaurants	63	7	0.91×About typical	700	$15,914	8
Truck transportation	61	6.8	1.34×More than typical	1,091	$62,357	167
Offices of physicians	51	5.7	0.87×About typical	378	$91,302	14
Limited-service restaurants	50	5.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	546	$16,811	17
Construction of buildings	49	5.4	0.72×Fewer than typical	366	$59,511	208
Automotive repair and maintenance	48	5.3	1.06×About typical	163	$41,730	98
Offices of other health practitioners	38	4.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	175	$42,377	61
Building equipment contractors	37	4.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	300	$48,607	67

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 90,139 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 $8.7M on contracts performed in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: $96.58 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $8.7M; −46% vs FY2025
Per resident: $96.58; US $2,007
Sole-source: 1.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.3%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$7.6M87%
Department of the Navy$512.8K5.9%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$242.7K2.8%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$183.6K2.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$170.8K2.0%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$19.4K0.2%

Top recipients

FURMAN FOODS INC$5M58%
OLGA H BARRIOS$1.7M20%
LUNA ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL INC$783.2K9.0%
ARCOS INDUSTRIES LLC$685.1K7.9%
WARRIOR RUN AREA AMBULANCE$161.9K1.9%

Spending by fiscal year

6.7MFY2017
8.4MFY2018
6.5MFY2019
7.6MFY2020
3.5MFY2021
7.3MFY2022
18.4MFY2023
8.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$7.6M87%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$289.2K3.3%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$224.9K2.6%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$168.6K1.9%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$161.9K1.9%
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services · 5412

Largest awards

8510140690!CABLE AND REEL ASSY$4.1M
WIREROPE WORKS, INC.· Northumberland County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 22, 2023 – Feb 19, 2026· SPE7M223C0026
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011262/4100034300/TOMATO SAUCE CAN-24/300,TOMATO SAUCE CAN-6/10,SPAGHETTI SAUCE MEATLESS CAN-24/300,SPAGHETTI SAUCE MEATLESS CAN-6/10$2.5M
FURMAN FOODS INC· Northumberland County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· May 21, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 123J1426C1232
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010883/4100032615/TOMATO SAUCE CAN-24/300,TOMATO SAUCE CAN-6/10,SPAGHETTI SAUCE MEATLESS CAN-24/300,SPAGHETTI SAUCE MEATLESS CAN-6/10$1.5M
FURMAN FOODS INC· Northumberland County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 25, 2025 – Oct 6, 2025· 123J1425C1608

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Explore contracts in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

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 $615.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: $6,841 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $615.1M; −4.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,841; US $12,975
Loan face value: $12.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$396M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$69.3M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$39.5M6.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$37.7M6.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$23.5M3.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$9.9M1.6%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$5.6M0.9%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.6M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$20.1M3.3%
HARRISBURG, PA
CITY OF SUNBURY$3.2M0.5%
SUNBURY, PA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY$3.2M0.5%
MILTON, PA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF SHAMOKI$2.4M0.4%
SHAMOKIN, PA
SUNBURY HOUSING AUTHORITY

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

Social Security Administration$526.5M86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$46.3M7.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$20.1M3.3%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$7.9M1.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

443.1MFY2021
526.8MFY2022
573.7MFY2023
593.4MFY2024
641.4MFY2025
615.1MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

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 Northumberland 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.

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$72.67	$1,436
FY2018	$92.48	$1,552
FY2019	$71.58	$1,654
FY2020	$83.11	$1,880
FY2021	$37.98	$1,810
FY2022	$80.54	$1,917
FY2023	$204	$2,079
FY2024	$94.85	$2,047
FY2025	$180	$2,165
FY2026	$96.58 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$3.15	$128
FY2020	$4.96	$145
FY2021	$1.42	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	-$582	$5,748
FY2022	$257	$5,221
FY2023	$505	$5,364
FY2024	$278	$5,501
FY2025	$443	$5,732

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	-$708	$298
FY2022	$36.14	$357
FY2023	$188	$301
FY2024	$28.60	$319
FY2025	$133	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$132	$239
FY2022	$141	$185
FY2023	$136	$229
FY2024	$138	$229
FY2025	$150	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$43.19	$2,304
FY2022	$73.42	$2,197
FY2023	$43.63	$2,274
FY2024	$64.24	$2,267
FY2025	$64.77	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$532	$1,186
FY2022	$116	$465
FY2023	$123	$76.52
FY2024	$307	$120
FY2025	$120	$148
FY2026

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.

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States

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.

Contracts and grants · FY2022

$257 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of -$582 (— that).

No close comparison counties were found for this jump.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$36.14 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of -$708 (— that).

No close comparison counties were found for this jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2023, Transportation grants: follows an earlier jump, so the comparison years overlap.

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/42097

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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.

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

House

Daniel MeuserR-PA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 5.2%

Senate

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Metro area

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

Sunbury, PA58Central county

Cities and towns in Northumberland County

Places whose residents live mostly in Northumberland 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 2026-10-09
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 2026-10-06
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

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Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−7.4%	−4.2%
2015	−3.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+3.1%	+6.8%
2019	+6.2%	+10.5%
2020	+17.4%	+19.4%
2021	+19.2%	+26.1%
2022	+25.3%	+30.6%
2023	+31.6%	+35.0%
2024	+36.7%	+41.0%
2025	+39.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.9%	−5.5%
2015	+0.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.1%
2018	+8.4%	+8.9%
2019	+12.9%	+13.5%
2020	+24.5%	+20.8%
2021	+30.5%	+32.1%
2022	+30.4%	+35.4%
2023	+36.1%	+42.9%
2024	+40.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	0.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−13.6%	−6.9%
2015	−5.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.1%	+4.7%
2018	+1.0%	+7.5%
2019	+2.5%	+14.0%
2020	+2.2%	+16.9%
2021	+8.9%	+21.0%
2022	+23.6%	+29.7%
2023	+25.8%	+34.9%
2024	+32.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	15.9%	15.5%
2015	13.1%	14.7%
2016	14.6%	14.0%
2017	14.3%	13.4%
2018	13.3%	13.1%
2019	13.3%	12.3%
2020	12.1%	11.9%
2021	11.8%	12.8%
2022	14.0%	12.6%
2023	12.3%	12.5%
2024	14.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.8%	6.2%
2015	6.2%	5.3%
2016	6.1%	4.9%
2017	5.7%	4.4%
2018	5.3%	3.9%
2019	5.4%	3.7%
2020	9.0%	8.1%
2021	6.2%	5.4%
2022	4.6%	3.7%
2023	4.1%	3.6%
2024	4.2%	4.0%
2025	4.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+0.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+30.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+27.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+27.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+40.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+49.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	—	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	—	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	12.1%	13.5%
2015	7.3%	10.9%
2016	6.3%	10.0%
2017	6.7%	10.2%
2018	6.9%	10.4%
2019	6.4%	10.8%
2020	7.9%	10.4%
2021	6.1%	10.2%
2022	6.7%	9.5%
2023	6.7%	9.5%
2024	8.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	3.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.8/1k	16.6/1k

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