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City | Rank | 2024 Pop. | 2020 Pop. | Change | Density (/mi²) | Area (mi²) | Type |
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Norristown | 1 | 35,764 | 35,783 | -0.01% | 10,175 | 3.5 | Borough |
Tredyffrin township | 2 | 31,698 | 31,885 | -0.28% | 1,604 | 19.8 | Township |
West Goshen township | 3 | 23,772 | 23,042 | 0.41% | 2,005 | 11.9 | Township |
Pottstown | 4 | 23,323 | 23,425 | -0.11% | 4,807 | 4.9 | Borough |
West Whiteland township | 5 | 21,165 | 19,673 | 2.59% | 1,649 | 12.8 | Township |
Phoenixville | 6 | 20,297 | 18,593 | 2.14% | 5,781 | 3.5 | Borough |
West Chester | 7 | 19,988 | 18,667 | 1.68% | 10,828 | 1.8 | Borough |
Uwchlan township | 8 | 19,757 | 19,132 | 1.23% | 1,900 | 10.4 | Township |
East Goshen township | 9 | 18,273 | 18,401 | -0.35% | 1,818 | 10.1 | Township |
Caln township | 10 | 15,373 | 14,416 | 2.64% | 1,735 | 8.9 | Township |
East Whiteland township | 11 | 14,966 | 13,979 | 0.15% | 1,369 | 10.9 | Township |
West Bradford township | 12 | 14,638 | 14,387 | -0.26% | 791 | 18.5 | Township |
Upper Uwchlan township | 13 | 13,480 | 12,321 | 1.46% | 1,237 | 10.9 | Township |
Coatesville | 14 | 13,256 | 13,331 | -0.14% | 7,332 | 1.8 | City |
New Garden township | 15 | 11,381 | 11,372 | -0.35% | 706 | 16.1 | Township |
Willistown township | 16 | 11,345 | 11,269 | -0.06% | 626 | 18.1 | Township |
Westtown township | 17 | 11,264 | 11,151 | 0.06% | 1,300 | 8.7 | Township |
East Bradford township | 18 | 11,040 | 10,323 | 0.97% | 739 | 14.9 | Township |
Easttown township | 19 | 11,032 | 10,975 | -0.17% | 1,341 | 8.2 | Township |
East Brandywine township | 20 | 10,289 | 9,771 | 0.42% | 922 | 11.2 | Township |
Kennett township | 21 | 9,166 | 8,405 | -0.14% | 598 | 15.3 | Township |
East Nottingham township | 22 | 9,069 | 8,980 | -0.04% | 453 | 20.0 | Township |
London Grove township | 23 | 8,992 | 8,816 | -0.03% | 525 | 17.1 | Township |
West Caln township | 24 | 8,944 | 8,901 | -0.08% | 414 | 21.6 | Township |
Schuylkill township | 25 | 8,847 | 8,764 | -0.26% | 1,040 | 8.5 | Township |
East Pikeland township | 26 | 8,722 | 8,289 | 1% | 999 | 8.7 | Township |
Downingtown | 27 | 8,418 | 8,025 | 1.18% | 3,847 | 2.2 | Borough |
Honey Brook township | 28 | 8,390 | 8,262 | -0.1% | 339 | 24.8 | Township |
North Coventry township | 29 | 8,365 | 8,431 | -0.4% | 633 | 13.2 | Township |
East Marlborough township | 30 | 7,992 | 7,319 | 1.46% | 517 | 15.5 | Township |
Valley township | 31 | 7,954 | 7,980 | -0.19% | 1,340 | 5.9 | Township |
West Brandywine township | 32 | 7,916 | 7,328 | 1.33% | 603 | 13.1 | Township |
East Fallowfield township | 33 | 7,855 | 7,638 | -0.14% | 506 | 15.5 | Township |
East Vincent township | 34 | 7,826 | 7,426 | 1.43% | 584 | 13.4 | Township |
East Coventry township | 35 | 7,137 | 7,086 | -0.35% | 669 | 10.7 | Township |
West Vincent township | 36 | 6,850 | 6,690 | -0.03% | 387 | 17.7 | Township |
Kennett Square | 37 | 6,715 | 5,937 | 2.97% | 6,305 | 1.1 | Borough |
Charlestown township | 38 | 6,364 | 6,014 | 0.6% | 511 | 12.5 | Township |
Oxford township | 39 | 6,068 | 5,934 | 0.73% | 634 | 9.6 | Township |
Oxford | 40 | 5,884 | 5,734 | 0.63% | 2,997 | 2.0 | Borough |
New London township | 41 | 5,842 | 5,801 | 0.03% | 501 | 11.7 | Township |
Lower Oxford township | 42 | 5,836 | 5,419 | 0.79% | 322 | 18.1 | Township |
East Caln township | 43 | 5,712 | 5,400 | 1.19% | 1,606 | 3.6 | Township |
Sadsbury township | 44 | 4,684 | 4,139 | 3.95% | 760 | 6.2 | Township |
Pocopson township | 45 | 4,453 | 4,454 | -0.04% | 544 | 8.2 | Township |
Birmingham township | 46 | 4,079 | 4,076 | -0.17% | 645 | 6.3 | Township |
West Pikeland township | 47 | 4,038 | 4,019 | 0.1% | 409 | 9.9 | Township |
Spring City | 48 | 3,944 | 3,488 | 2.98% | 5,135 | 0.8 | Borough |
Parkesburg | 49 | 3,943 | 3,881 | 0.38% | 3,107 | 1.3 | Borough |
Pennsbury township | 50 | 3,862 | 3,871 | -0.23% | 389 | 9.9 | Township |
Wallace township | 51 | 3,749 | 3,712 | -0.29% | 313 | 12.0 | Township |
Malvern | 52 | 3,426 | 3,416 | 0.06% | 2,719 | 1.3 | Borough |
London Britain township | 53 | 3,166 | 3,180 | -0.38% | 326 | 9.7 | Township |
Thornbury township | 54 | 3,148 | 3,177 | -0.44% | 821 | 3.8 | Township |
Nottingham township | 55 | 2,989 | 2,936 | 1.15% | 147 | 20.3 | Township |
West Nottingham township | 56 | 2,867 | 2,765 | 0.7% | 207 | 13.8 | Township |
West Grove | 57 | 2,815 | 2,773 | 0.36% | 4,324 | 0.7 | Borough |
South Coventry township | 58 | 2,801 | 2,791 | -0.04% | 372 | 7.5 | Township |
Londonderry township | 59 | 2,611 | 2,481 | 0.77% | 231 | 11.3 | Township |
Warwick township | 60 | 2,590 | 2,588 | -0.27% | 138 | 18.7 | Township |
Upper Oxford township | 61 | 2,561 | 2,553 | -0.04% | 154 | 16.6 | Township |
West Fallowfield township | 62 | 2,464 | 2,460 | -0.16% | 136 | 18.1 | Township |
West Sadsbury township | 63 | 2,438 | 2,431 | 0% | 230 | 10.6 | Township |
West Nantmeal township | 64 | 2,255 | 2,251 | -0.18% | 169 | 13.3 | Township |
Honey Brook | 65 | 1,901 | 1,896 | 0.05% | 3,969 | 0.5 | Borough |
East Nantmeal township | 66 | 1,860 | 1,833 | 0.32% | 115 | 16.2 | Township |
South Coatesville | 67 | 1,745 | 1,615 | 1.87% | 1,004 | 1.7 | Borough |
Elk township | 68 | 1,704 | 1,700 | -0.53% | 170 | 10.1 | Township |
Elverson | 69 | 1,411 | 1,329 | 1.44% | 1,415 | 1.0 | Borough |
Newlin township | 70 | 1,366 | 1,357 | 0.37% | 114 | 12.0 | Township |
Atglen | 71 | 1,302 | 1,309 | -0.15% | 1,488 | 0.9 | Borough |
Highland township | 72 | 1,267 | 1,258 | 0.24% | 74 | 17.1 | Township |
Avondale | 73 | 1,258 | 1,269 | -0.24% | 2,599 | 0.5 | Borough |
Modena | 74 | 543 | 542 | 0% | 1,578 | 0.3 | Borough |
Unionville | 75 | 256 | 267 | -1.16% | 1,049 | 0.2 | 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.
Norristown is the largest city in Chester County.
Unionville is the smallest city in Chester County.
There are 75 cities in Chester County, Pennsylvania.