ELK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Ridgway YEAR FOUNDED:  1843

 

Land Area

 800 square miles

 

2000 Population

  35,112 persons

Water Area

  32 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  832 square miles

 

Population Density

 42 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Elk County contains a total land area of 832 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 35,112 persons.  This is a net increase of 282 persons (0.81%) from the 1990 census of 34,830 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Elk County in 2004 to be 34,064, which reverses the previous decade’s trend.