CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Carlisle     YEAR FOUNDED:  1750

 

Land Area

 550 square miles

 

2000 Population

 213,674 persons

Water Area

 1 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  551 square miles

 

Population Density

 388 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Cumberland County contains a total land area of 551 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 213,674 persons.  This is a net increase of 17,818 persons (9.1%) from the 1990 census of 195,856 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Cumberland County in 2004 to be 221,397, which continues the previous decade’s trend.