Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |
Anthem: "Pennsylvania" | |
Country | United States |
Before statehood | Province of Pennsylvania |
Admitted to the Union | December 12, 1787 (2nd) |
Capital | Harrisburg |
Largest city | Philadelphia |
Largest metro | Delaware Valley |
Government | |
• Governor | Tom Wolf (D) |
• Lieutenant Governor | John Fetterman (D) |
Legislature | General Assembly |
• Upper house | State Senate |
• Lower house | House of Representatives |
U.S. senators | Bob Casey Jr. (D) Pat Toomey (R) |
U.S. House delegation | 9 Democrats 9 Republicans (list) |
Area | |
• Total | 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km2) |
• Land | 44,816.61 sq mi (116,074 km2) |
• Water | 1,239 sq mi (3,208 km2) 2.7% |
• Rank | 33rd |
Elevation | 1,100 ft (340 m) |
Highest elevation | 3,213 ft (979 m) |
Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,011,844 |
• Rank | 5th |
• Density | 290/sq mi (112/km2) |
• Rank | 9th |
• Median household income | $59,195 |
• Income rank | 25th |
Language | |
• Official language | None |
• Spoken language | English 90.15% Spanish 4.09% German (Including Pennsylvania German) 0.87% Chinese 0.47% Italian 0.43% |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
USPS abbreviation | PA |
ISO 3166 code | US-PA |
Trad. abbreviation | Pa., Penn., Penna. |
Latitude | 39°43′ to 42°16′ N |
Longitude | 74°41′ to 80°31′ W |
Website | www |
Pennsylvania state symbols | |
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Living insignia | |
Amphibian | Eastern Hellbender |
Bird | Ruffed grouse |
Dog breed | Great Dane |
Fish | Brook trout |
Flower | Mountain laurel |
Insect | Firefly (Colloquially "Lightning Bug") (Photuris pensylvanica) |
Mammal | White-tailed deer |
Tree | Eastern hemlock |
Inanimate insignia | |
Beverage | Milk |
Dance | Polka |
Food | Chocolate Chip Cookie |
Fossil | Trilobite |
Soil | Hazleton |
State route marker | |
State quarter | |
Released in 1999 | |
Lists of United States state symbols |
Pennsylvania is one of the 50 states in the United States of America. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It has a border with Ohio on the west, West Virginia on the south and west, Maryland and Delaware on the south, New Jersey on the east, and New York and Lake Erie on the north.