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Blair County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- February 26, 1846
- Seat
- Hollidaysburg
- Largest city
- Altoona
- Total
- 527 sq mi (1,360 km )
- Land
- 526 sq mi (1,360 km )
- Water
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 119,541
- Density
- 234/sq mi (90/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- www .blairco .org
- Designated
- April 13, 1982
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Contains
- Altoona
- Capital
- Hollidaysburg
- Population
- 122822
- Area
- 1365
- Shares border with
- Clearfield County
- Official website
- www.blairco.org
- Image
- Blair County Courthouse Apr 10.JPG
- Households
- 51647
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- Commons category
- Blair County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Blair County, Pennsylvania
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Blair County, Pennsylvania
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Blair County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1846-02-26
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Blair County
- per capita income
- 29336
- topic has template
- Template:Blair County, Pennsylvania
- P12749
- Cowansville
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Encyclopedic overview
Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg, and its largest city is Altoona. The county was created on February 26, 1846, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford counties. The county is part of the Southwest region of the commonwealth.
Blair County comprises the Altoona, PA metropolitan statistical area. It is also part of the Altoona-Huntingdon, PA Combined Statistical Area, which includes Blair and Huntingdon counties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blair County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.