BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Doylestown        YEAR FOUNDED:  1685

 

Land Area

 607 square miles

 

2000 Population

 597,635 persons

Water Area

  15 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  622 square miles

 

Population Density

 961 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Bucks County contains a total land area of 622 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 597,635 persons.  This is a net increase of 54,596 persons (10.0%) from the 1990 census of 543,039 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Bucks County in 2004 to be 617,558, which continues the previous decade’s trend.