Perry County, Pennsylvania
County seat: Bloomfield · Population 46,806 (2025) · 552 sq mi
Perry County is the 46th most populous of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, with 46,806 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Bloomfield. It is part of the District 8 region, one of the 11 PennDOT engineering districts. The map shows its 9 cities and towns and the 5 neighboring counties.
Perry County facts
- County seat
- Bloomfield
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 46,806 +2.1% since 2020
- Land area
- 552 sq mi 40th largest of 67
- Water area
- 4 sq mi
- Population density
- 85 per sq mi
- Established
- 1820
- Same name
- One of 10 Perry Counties in the US
- Named after
- Oliver Hazard Perry United States Naval Officer (1785-1819)
- Largest city
- Carroll 5,368
- Median household income
- $79,444
- Cities and towns
- 9 plus 2 CDPs
- ZIP codes
- 16
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 42099
Cities and towns in Perry County
Perry County has 9 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Perry County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marysville | Borough | 2,717 | |
| Newport | Borough | 1,511 | |
| Duncannon | Borough | 1,465 | |
| Bloomfield (county seat) | Borough | 1,248 | |
| Liverpool | Borough | 979 | |
| Millerstown | Borough | 699 | |
| Blain | Borough | 225 | |
| Landisburg | Borough | 224 | |
| New Buffalo | Borough | 128 |
Unincorporated communities (CDPs)
Census-designated places are communities without their own city government; the county provides their services.
| Community | Population | Also in |
|---|---|---|
| Loysville | 587 | |
| Ickesburg | 416 |
ZIP codes in Perry County
16 ZIP codes reach into Perry County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 17006
- 17020 also Dauphin County
- 17021 also Juniata, Franklin and Huntingdon counties
- 17024
- 17035 also Juniata County
- 17037
- 17040
- 17045 also Juniata and Snyder counties
- 17047
- 17053 also Cumberland County
- 17062 also Juniata County
- 17068
- 17069
- 17071
- 17074
- 17090
Population of Perry County, 2020–2025
Perry County grew by 970 people (+2.1%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 257 more deaths than births and a net gain of 1,226 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 45,830 |
| 2021 | 45,954 |
| 2022 | 46,188 |
| 2023 | 46,310 |
| 2024 | 46,566 |
| 2025 | 46,806 |
Neighboring counties
- Cumberland County south · 277,270 people
- Juniata County northwest · 23,403 people
- Dauphin County east · 293,351 people
- Franklin County southwest · 160,652 people
- Northumberland County northeast · 89,920 people
Printable Perry County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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