Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 971.06K people in Pennsylvania with English ancestry (7.49% of Pennsylvania population). Among all Pennsylvania cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Bloomsburg town had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (12.72%), followed by Ardmore CDP (12.52%), and Allison Park CDP (12.33%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having English ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Pennsylvania.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Bloomsburg town
Ardmore CDP
Allison Park CDP
Murrysville municipality
Plum borough
Woodlyn CDP
Bethel Park municipality
Elizabethtown borough
Levittown CDP
Meadville city
Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Bloomsburg town 12.72
2 Ardmore CDP 12.52
3 Allison Park CDP 12.33
4 Murrysville municipality 11.88
5 Plum borough 11.00
6 Woodlyn CDP 10.27
7 Bethel Park municipality 10.21
8 Elizabethtown borough 9.97
9 Levittown CDP 9.70
9 Meadville city 9.70
10 Carlisle borough 9.49
11 Greensburg city 9.29
12 Hershey CDP 9.15
13 Franklin Park borough 9.13
14 Monroeville municipality 8.90
15 Shiloh CDP 8.79
16 Washington city 8.76
17 Lower Burrell city 8.75
18 Phoenixville borough 8.39
19 Willow Grove CDP 8.31
20 State College borough 8.11
21 Altoona city 7.99
22 Carnot-Moon CDP 7.87
23 West Chester borough 7.72
24 Whitehall borough 7.71
25 New Kensington city 7.64
26 Drexel Hill CDP 7.63
27 Butler city 7.47
27 Pottstown borough 7.47
28 Hermitage city 7.27
29 Lansdale borough 7.25
30 Chambersburg borough 7.24
31 Hanover borough 7.22
32 McKeesport city 7.20
33 Jefferson Hills borough 7.19
34 Kingston borough 7.13
35 West Mifflin borough 7.09
36 Montgomeryville CDP 7.07
37 Berwick borough 7.04
38 Munhall borough 7.01
39 King of Prussia CDP 6.83
40 Johnstown city 6.76
41 Waynesboro borough 6.73
42 Columbia borough 6.58
43 St. Marys city 6.57
44 Lansdowne borough 6.44
45 Wyomissing borough 6.33
46 Broomall CDP 6.27
47 Williamsport city 6.26
48 Roslyn CDP 6.17
49 Northampton borough 6.01
50 Ephrata borough 5.65
51 Nanticoke city 5.57
52 Mountain Top CDP 5.55
52 New Castle city 5.55
53 Indiana borough 5.51
54 Pittsburgh city 5.43
55 Scranton city 5.16
55 Weigelstown CDP 5.16
56 Wilkinsburg borough 5.06
57 Emmaus borough 5.01
58 Easton city 4.97
59 Bethlehem city 4.96
60 Sharon city 4.82
61 Horsham CDP 4.80
62 Erie city 4.50
63 Dunmore borough 4.46
64 Lancaster city 4.36
65 Coatesville city 4.32
66 York city 4.29
67 Baldwin borough 4.19
68 Harrisburg city 4.11
69 Pottsville city 3.98
70 Wilkes-Barre city 3.94
71 Colonial Park CDP 3.85
72 Philadelphia city 2.85
73 Progress CDP 2.75
74 Norristown borough 2.70
75 Fullerton CDP 2.68
76 Lebanon city 2.27
77 Allentown city 1.99
78 Reading city 1.72
79 Chester city 1.36
80 Hazleton city 1.22
81 Darby borough 1.11
82 Yeadon borough 0.44