Johnstown, PA

1950‑1959:		Johnstown, PA SMA
1959‑1983:		Johnstown, PA SMSA
1983‑2003:		Johnstown, PA MSA
2003‑2006:		Johnstown, PA Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Cambria County, PA	209,541	203,283	186,785	183,263	163,029	152,598	147,804

Somerset County, PA	81,813	77,450	76,037	81,243	78,218	80,023	78,796



Total	291,354	280,733	262,822	264,506	241,247	232,621	147,804
Percent Change	-	-3.6%	-6.4%	0.6%	-8.8%	-3.6%	-36.5%



Total (as currently defined)	209,541	203,283	186,785	183,263	163,029	152,598	147,804
Percent Change	-	-3.0%	-8.1%	-1.9%	-11.0%	-6.4%	-3.1%

Timeline

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Component

Cambria County, PA

Somerset County, PA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Johnstown, PA	63,232	*	53,949	*	42,476	*	35,496	*	28,134	*	23,906	*	22,539	*



Total	63,232		53,949		42,476		35,496		28,134		23,906		22,539
Metro	291,354		280,733		262,822		264,506		241,247		232,621		147,804
Percent	21.7%		19.2%		16.2%		13.4%		11.7%		10.3%		15.2%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Johnstown, PA

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			144,769	49.7%
		UA Population		93,354	32.0%
	Rural Population			146,585	50.3%

	Inside Central Cities			63,232	21.7%
	Outside Central Cities			228,122	78.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			291,354	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Johnstown, PA		93,354	93,354	100.0%

	Total			93,354


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			139,383	49.6%
		UA Population		96,474	34.4%
	Rural Population			141,350	50.4%

	Inside Central Cities			53,949	19.2%
	Outside Central Cities			226,784	80.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			280,733	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Johnstown, PA		96,474	96,474	100.0%

	Total			96,474


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			126,409	48.1%
		UA Population		96,146	36.6%
	Rural Population			136,413	51.9%

	Inside Central Cities			42,476	16.2%
	Outside Central Cities			220,346	83.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			262,822	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Johnstown, PA		96,146	96,146	100.0%

	Total			96,146


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			113,592	42.9%
		UA Population		90,254	34.1%
	Rural Population			150,914	57.1%

	Inside Central Cities			35,496	13.4%
	Outside Central Cities			229,010	86.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			264,506	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Johnstown, PA		90,254	90,254	100.0%

	Total			90,254


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			99,510	41.2%
		UA Population		77,841	32.3%
	Rural Population			141,737	58.8%

	Inside Central Cities			28,134	11.7%
	Outside Central Cities			213,113	88.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			241,247	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Johnstown, PA		77,841	77,841	100.0%

	Total			77,841


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			103,188	67.6%
		UA Population		69,184	45.3%
	Rural Population			49,410	32.4%

	Inside Principal Cities			23,906	15.7%
	Outside Principal Cities			128,692	84.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			152,598	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Johnstown, PA		76,113	69,184	90.9%

	Total			69,184


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Johnstown, PA SMA
-		Cambria County, PA included as original SMA component
-		Somerset County, PA included as original SMA component
-		Johnstown, PA designated as original central city of new SMA


Jun 2003



-		Somerset County, PA included as original component of Somerset, PA Micro Area

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