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Allegheny County / Pittsburgh, PA

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Allegheny County is Pittsburgh, its three rivers and about 1.2 million residents, on hillsides steep enough to need cable railways. The Duquesne Incline first climbed Mount Washington on 20 May 1877, and a group of local residents rescued and restored the line in 1963. The county is dense and walkable, with hospitals and major-league sport close at hand, and the fine particulate in its air measures higher than in 99% of counties.

Hospitals: 15: 15 hospitals with emergency services, and only 13 counties in the country have more. UPMC, the health system based in Pittsburgh, is the largest nongovernment employer in Pennsylvania. >99% of 3,143 counties
Major League Baseball: 0h 07m: Seven minutes to a major-league ballpark, and only 11 counties in the country are closer. An NHL rink is three minutes away and an NFL stadium eight. <99% of 3,002 counties
Performing Arts: 7: Seven performing arts centres, a count only nine counties beat. Downtown Pittsburgh keeps a theatre district of its own, run by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. >99% of 3,143 counties
Hiking: 184: 184 mapped hiking trails, more than in 96% of counties. One of them starts in downtown Pittsburgh and leaves the state altogether. >96% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Air Quality: 14.1¹: Fine particulate density of 14.1, higher than in 99% of counties. The EPA has delegated enforcement of the federal emission standards for new sources and hazardous air pollutants to Allegheny County itself. >99% of 3,116 counties

Allegheny County is located in the southwest of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
ACT/SAT Scores: #10
Air Quality: 12.7
Alcohol Regulation: #2
All Occupations: $64K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.7%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.3%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 28m
Any Natural Disaster: Medium³
Architecture & Engineering: $89K¹⁰
Art Museums: 2
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $59K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑2.5%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑1.2%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 52.6⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 21
Bike Score: 55
Blacks/African Americans: ↑3.9%
Boating: 160
Broadband Internet: 84%
Buddhists: ↑0.1%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $35K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $80K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Medical Only
Cat Friendly Rentals: 48%
Catholics: ↑23.3%⁷
City Population: 303K
Climate Change Risk: 2.8
Coastal Flooding: none³
Cold Wave: High³
Community & Social Service: $52K¹⁰
Commute Time: 28
Computer & Mathematical: $95K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $60K¹⁰
County Population: 1.24M
Cuisine Diversity: 45
Cycling: 17
Dentists: 9.8
Dog Friendly Rentals: 43%
Drought: none³
Earthquakes: Low³
Education, Training, & Library: $66K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 34%
Elevation: 1,070'⁸
English Speakers: ↑1.1%
Farmers Markets: 21
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $39K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 63
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $29K¹⁰
Forests: 30%
Freshwater Access: 223
Gluten-Free Options: 9
Golf: 99
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
Hail: Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $90K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $33K¹⁰
Heat Wave: Medium³
High School Graduation Rate: 90%¹
Hiking: 184
Hindus: ↑0.6%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↓-7.4%
History Museums: 3
Home Ownership Rate: 64%
Homelessness: 55
Homicide Rate: 8¹
Hospitals: 15
Hurricanes: Low³
Ice Storms: Low³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑1.8%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $55K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 26 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.5%⁷
Jews: ↑0.9%⁷
Landslide: Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-1.9%⁷
Legal: $109K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 78¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $76K¹⁰
Lightning: Very Low³
Live Music: 58
Major Airport: 0h 28m
Major City Proximity: Major City
Major League Baseball: 0h 07m
Major League Soccer: 3h 21m
Management: $126K¹⁰
Median Age: 41 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $232K⁴
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,127
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $1,396
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $1,853
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $2,003
Median Rental - Room: $699
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $1,548⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $972
Mental Health Providers: 35.0
Meth Labs: 6
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 3h 20m
Mountains: 741'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.3%
Muslims: ↑0.3%⁷
National Parks: 2h 11m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↓-0.1%
NBA Basketball: 2h 24m
NFL Football: 0h 08m
NHL Hockey: 0h 03m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑4.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 29%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $45K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑0.1%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 92%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↓-1.7%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-1.7%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑2.0%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑1.8%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↓-0.3%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-0.1%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↑0.0%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-0.8%
People 80+ Years Old: ↑0.7%
Performing Arts: 7
Personal Care & Service: $33K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 79% Dems
Population Density: 1,713
Population Growth: ↓-0.9%
Poverty Rate: 10.5%
Primary Care Physicians: 11.2¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #39
Production: $46K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 3,016
Property Tax: 1.92%
Protective Service: $53K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-13.5%⁷
Rain: 38"
Regional Theatre: 2
River Flooding: High³
Sales & Related: $47K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 7.0%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.1%
Scenic Beauty: #35
Seacoast Proximity: 6h 39m
Seasons: 48 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↑0.8%
Skiing: 0h 26m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 28m
Smokers: 18%¹
Snow: 18"
Spanish Speakers: ↓-5.1%
State Income Tax: 3.1%
Strong Wind: Medium³
Summer Heat: 84 °F
Summer Mugginess: Sticky
Sunny Days: 160
Termite Infestation: Moderate
Tobacco Regulation: #16
Top School Rating: 94.1⁶
Tornadoes: High³
Traffic: 1.04M
Transit Score: 55
Transportation & Material Moving: $42K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $134K⁵
Typical Expenses: $80K⁵
Typical Expenses: $90K⁵
Typical Expenses: $84K⁵
Typical Expenses: $89K⁵
Typical Expenses: $62K⁵
Typical Expenses: $62K⁵
Typical Expenses: $103K⁵
Typical Expenses: $74K⁵
Typical Expenses: $135K⁵
Typical Expenses: $45K⁵
Typical Expenses: $114K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 9.0%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 23
Violent Crime Rate: 395²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 62
Water Quality: 1/4
Whites: ↑2.1%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 18 mph
Wineries: 5
Winter Cold: 36 °F
Winter Weather: Medium³

Cities

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