There are 40 cities in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Note: As defined by the US Census Bureau, a city's official boundaries often extend miles beyond the city itself and may even cross county lines. As such, several thousand US cities officially exist in two or more counties (and therefore appear on multiple counties' lists of cities.)
City | Rank | 2024 Population | 2020 Population | Annual Change | Density (/mi²) | Area (mi²) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State College | 1 | 40,779 | 40,410 | 0.23% | 8,908 | 4.6 | Borough |
| Ferguson township | 2 | 18,773 | 18,911 | -0.88% | 394 | 47.6 | Township |
| Patton township | 3 | 15,588 | 15,694 | -0.44% | 633 | 24.6 | Township |
| College township | 4 | 10,893 | 10,826 | 0.18% | 594 | 18.3 | Township |
| Benner township | 5 | 9,358 | 9,003 | 4.23% | 329 | 28.4 | Township |
| Spring township | 6 | 8,080 | 7,955 | 0.61% | 302 | 26.7 | Township |
| Bellefonte | 7 | 5,887 | 6,059 | -0.73% | 3,193 | 1.8 | Borough |
| Harris township | 8 | 5,874 | 5,894 | -0.51% | 186 | 31.5 | Township |
| Tyrone | 9 | 5,281 | 5,469 | -0.88% | 2,595 | 2.0 | Borough |
| Walker township | 10 | 4,667 | 4,634 | 0.21% | 121 | 38.4 | Township |
| Potter township | 11 | 3,564 | 3,576 | 0.17% | 61 | 58.6 | Township |
| Rush township | 12 | 3,548 | 3,664 | -0.89% | 24 | 148.3 | Township |
| Halfmoon township | 13 | 2,838 | 2,788 | 0.89% | 120 | 23.7 | Township |
| Philipsburg | 14 | 2,689 | 2,772 | -0.78% | 3,084 | 0.9 | Borough |
| Boggs township | 15 | 2,653 | 2,717 | -0.86% | 50 | 53.0 | Township |
| Gregg township | 16 | 2,248 | 2,263 | -0.09% | 48 | 46.8 | Township |
| Miles township | 17 | 1,976 | 1,989 | -0.4% | 32 | 62.6 | Township |
| Liberty township | 18 | 1,762 | 1,807 | -0.96% | 75 | 23.6 | Township |
| Haines township | 19 | 1,595 | 1,642 | -0.99% | 28 | 57.3 | Township |
| Snow Shoe township | 20 | 1,570 | 1,617 | -0.76% | 19 | 83.5 | Township |
| Union township | 21 | 1,337 | 1,346 | 0.07% | 29 | 45.6 | Township |
| Huston township | 22 | 1,292 | 1,315 | -0.61% | 51 | 25.6 | Township |
| Centre Hall | 23 | 1,225 | 1,267 | -0.89% | 1,989 | 0.6 | Borough |
| Penn township | 24 | 1,184 | 1,197 | -0.84% | 42 | 28.2 | Township |
| Marion township | 25 | 1,179 | 1,184 | -0.51% | 54 | 22.0 | Township |
| Milesburg | 26 | 1,058 | 1,085 | -0.66% | 2,421 | 0.4 | Borough |
| Osceola Mills | 27 | 1,004 | 1,040 | -0.89% | 3,033 | 0.3 | Borough |
| Howard township | 28 | 868 | 867 | 0% | 49 | 17.9 | Township |
| Taylor township | 29 | 831 | 839 | -0.72% | 27 | 30.7 | Township |
| Millheim | 30 | 817 | 833 | -0.49% | 614 | 1.3 | Borough |
| Chester Hill | 31 | 789 | 815 | -0.88% | 1,781 | 0.4 | Borough |
| Beech Creek | 32 | 728 | 738 | -0.41% | 1,343 | 0.5 | Borough |
| Worth township | 33 | 706 | 716 | -0.28% | 33 | 21.7 | Township |
| Howard | 34 | 653 | 677 | -0.91% | 1,799 | 0.4 | Borough |
| Snow Shoe | 35 | 652 | 670 | -0.76% | 1,098 | 0.6 | Borough |
| Port Matilda | 36 | 574 | 589 | -0.69% | 957 | 0.6 | Borough |
| Curtin township | 37 | 484 | 495 | -0.41% | 11 | 42.1 | Township |
| Burnside township | 38 | 404 | 411 | -0.49% | 5 | 88.9 | Township |
| Unionville | 39 | 256 | 267 | -1.16% | 1,049 | 0.2 | Borough |
| Birmingham | 40 | 86 | 89 | -1.15% | 1,365 | 0.1 | Borough |
Note: City markers shown outside the county boundary mean that a part of the city extends into this county, but is primarily located in an adjacent county.
State College is the largest city in Centre County.
Birmingham is the smallest city in Centre County.
There are 40 cities in Centre County, Pennsylvania.