FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Uniontown          YEAR FOUNDED:  1783

 

Land Area

 790 square miles

 

2000 Population

 148,644 persons

Water Area

 8 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  798 square miles

 

Population Density

 186 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Fayette County contains a total land area of 798 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 148,644 persons.  This is a net increase of 3,313 persons (2.28%) from the 1990 census of 145,331 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Fayette County in 2004 to be 145,651, which reverses the previous decade’s trend.