Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh

Total population

307,670

Air quality index

58Moderate

Weather67°F · Widespread Fog

Coordinates40.44°, -79.98°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Located in southwestern Pennsylvania where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio River, it had a population of 302,971 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh metropolitan area has over 2.43 million people, making it the largest in the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 28th-largest in the U.S. The greater Pittsburgh–Weirton–Steubenville combined statistical area includes parts of Ohio and West Virginia.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Pittsburgh, PA from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

John Kasich

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

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Eric Angle

American professional, amateur wrestler

Bill Cowher

American football player, coach, and analyst (born 1957)

Jeff Smith

American cartoonist

Mike Ditka

American football player, coach, and television commentator (born 1939)

Eugenie Baird

American musician (1924-1988)

John J. Pinder Jr.

U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1912–1944)

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Robert Mikhail Moskal

Ukrainian Catholic bishop in the United States

Frederick Nicholas Zihlman

American politician in Maryland (1879-1935)

Dave Filoni

American film director (born 1974)

Andrew Mason

businessman

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Keith Van Horne

All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman

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Myron Brown

American basketball player

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Louis G. Henyey

American astronomer (1910–1970)

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Adam DiMichele

American football player

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Adam Gazda

American soccer player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pennsylvania

• Baldwin
  4.4 mi away
• Dormont
  4.5 mi away
• Brentwood
  4.6 mi away
• Crafton
  5 mi away
• Aspinwall
  5.3 mi away
• Bellevue
  5.6 mi away
• Castle Shannon
  5.6 mi away
• Braddock
  6.2 mi away
• Carnegie
  6.2 mi away
• Braddock Hills
  6.3 mi away
• Avalon
  6.5 mi away
• Blawnox
  7.1 mi away

Browse all places in Pennsylvania →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Michael Chabon · 1988

Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1994

Johnson Brothers Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Jennison · 1995

JEWISH EDUCATION IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Shmuel D. Rosenman · 1977

Sedimentology and thermal mechanical history of basins in the central Appalachian Orogen: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Wallops Island, Virginia July 1-8, 1989. Leaders: Rudy Slingerland [and others]

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mark Bolster · 2007

Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Adam Bock · 2014

Smithfield Street Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Henry L. Hively · 1987

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Little Schloss RX Prescribed Fire, Shenandoah, Virginia
  Wildfires · 2026-06-10 · 127 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Seen 2026-06-27

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Seen 2026-06-27

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Seen 2026-06-27

white jelly fungus

Protohydnum album

Seen 2026-06-27

Spotted Lanternfly

Lycorma delicatula

Seen 2026-06-27

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-06-27

Common Tan Wave

Pleuroprucha insulsaria

Seen 2026-06-27

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Seen 2026-06-27

Giant Leopard Moth

Hypercompe scribonia

Seen 2026-06-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Pittsburgh, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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