CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Bellefonte           YEAR FOUNDED:  1800

 

Land Area

1,108 square miles

 

2000 Population

 135,758 persons

Water Area

 4 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

 1,112 square miles

 

Population Density

 122 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Centre County contains a total land area of 1,112 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 135,758 persons.  This is a net increase of 10,601 persons (8.47%) from the 1990 census of 125,157 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Centre County in 2004 to be 140,476, which continues the previous decade’s trend.