Local government spending in Pennsylvania
The 50 largest counties, cities and townships in Pennsylvania with fully reported figures, out of 2,076 in this data. Schools, hospitals and utilities are often run by separate districts, so a total here is not comparable between places. Compare one service at a time. A zero means this government reported no spending on that service; another government may provide it.
Largest governments
| Government | Residents | FY2022 spending | Police per resident | Fire per resident | Roads per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 1,578,487 | $10.2 billion | $497 | $219 | $159 |
| Montgomery County | 833,869 | $931.0 million | $46 | $0 | $5 |
| Bucks County | 627,987 | $704.5 million | $30 | $1 | $10 |
| Delaware County | 566,753 | $750.9 million | $0 | $0 | $2 |
| Lancaster County | 546,192 | $287.2 million | $32 | $1 | $5 |
| Chester County | 526,759 | $555.0 million | $52 | $0 | $5 |
| York County | 450,448 | $576.4 million | $26 | $1 | $6 |
| Lehigh County | 370,802 | $502.0 million | $25 | $0 | $3 |
| Westmoreland County | 347,087 | $308.2 million | $32 | $0 | $11 |
| Luzerne County | 316,982 | $258.0 million | $19 | $0 | $32 |
| Pittsburgh | 299,226 | $761.7 million | $436 | $302 | $445 |
| Dauphin County | 279,874 | $345.8 million | $32 | $0 | $15 |
| Erie County | 268,426 | $445.8 million | $0 | $0 | $3 |
| Cumberland County | 255,857 | $181.1 million | $31 | $0 | $7 |
| Lackawanna County | 208,989 | $247.2 million | $27 | $0 | $7 |
| Washington County | 206,803 | $148.9 million | $22 | $0 | $32 |
| Butler County | 189,135 | $149.5 million | $19 | $0 | $17 |
| Monroe County | 170,154 | $135.8 million | $63 | $0 | $1 |
| Beaver County | 162,575 | $202.1 million | $22 | $0 | $27 |
| Centre County | 161,496 | $87.8 million | $15 | $0 | $0 |
| Franklin County | 155,637 | $114.5 million | $28 | $0 | $12 |
| Schuylkill County | 140,709 | $143.8 million | $3 | $0 | $171 |
| Cambria County | 128,672 | $142.8 million | $25 | $0 | $14 |
| Fayette County | 128,126 | $163.0 million | $11 | $0 | $16 |
| Allentown | 121,470 | $185.4 million | $331 | $180 | $177 |
| Blair County | 121,007 | $75.5 million | $33 | $0 | $13 |
| Mercer County | 108,545 | $68.1 million | $22 | $0 | $38 |
| Adams County | 102,742 | $73.7 million | $54 | $0 | $7 |
| Erie | 95,077 | $179.9 million | $214 | $155 | $229 |
| Northumberland County | 90,258 | $67.7 million | $30 | $0 | $5 |
| Reading | 88,217 | $172.9 million | $455 | $213 | $178 |
| Lawrence County | 85,083 | $65.5 million | $57 | $0 | $6 |
| Crawford County | 83,697 | $67.1 million | $16 | $0 | $5 |
| Indiana County | 83,664 | $81.6 million | $25 | $0 | $3 |
| Upper Darby Township | 82,883 | $3.3 million | $5 | $2 | $3 |
| Clearfield County | 78,612 | $39.1 million | $30 | $0 | $6 |
| Scranton | 76,532 | $83.5 million | $331 | $351 | $24 |
| Bethlehem | 75,466 | $119.5 million | $210 | $127 | $100 |
| Somerset County | 72,916 | $58.4 million | $34 | $0 | $39 |
| Columbia County | 64,842 | $21.8 million | $15 | $0 | $0 |
| Armstrong County | 64,162 | $44.9 million | $18 | $0 | $11 |
| Carbon County | 64,081 | $55.5 million | $0 | $24 | $1 |
| Lower Merion Township | 60,626 | $119.0 million | $493 | $87 | $437 |
| Bensalem Township | 60,491 | $66.7 million | $520 | $62 | $190 |
| Bradford County | 60,221 | $92.1 million | $25 | $0 | $79 |
| Pike County | 56,072 | $60.6 million | $88 | $0 | $14 |
| Abington Township | 55,285 | $60.9 million | $417 | $58 | $145 |
| Bristol Township | 53,311 | $45.8 million | $255 | $40 | $141 |
| Millcreek Township | 52,205 | $50.0 million | $230 | $20 | $303 |
| Wayne County | 51,163 | $49.5 million | $32 | $0 | $0 |
How to read this
Per-resident figures are our calculation: spending divided by the population Census lists.
Use this data
We build software and automations on public data. This page is free to use.
Browse open federal bids · Get government data by API · Have us build a report or dashboard on it
Source and coverage
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, individual unit file (revision 07/15/2026). Our per-resident figures are our own calculation; the Census Bureau has not reviewed or sanctioned them. Census has not reviewed unit data as a time series, and the data may contain non-sampling error.
Census unit file. Covers counties, cities and townships for fiscal year 2022 only, not a trend. Governments where Census estimated part of the spending are left out, so a missing place is not a zero: about 14,200 of 38,400 are absent for that reason. Pushbuild is not affiliated with any government listed.