BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Butler        YEAR FOUNDED:  1800

 

Land Area

 789 square miles

 

2000 Population

 174,083 persons

Water Area

 6 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  795 square miles

 

Population Density

 219 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Butler County contains a total land area of 795 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 174,083 persons.  This is a net increase of 21,459 persons (14.0%) from the 1990 census of 152,624 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Butler County in 2004 to be 180,663, which continues the previous decade’s trend.