Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 201 — City classification

Pennsylvania § 201
JurisdictionPennsylvania
Title 11CITIES
PartPART I
Ch. 2CITY CLASSIFICATION

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11 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 201 (2026).

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For the purposes of legislation and the regulation of a city's affairs, current cities of this Commonwealth as well as future cities shall be divided into four classes as follows:

(1)Cities of the first class, having a population of at least 1,000,000 inhabitants.
(2)Cities of the second class, having a population of at least 250,000 inhabitants but less than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
(3)Cities of the second class A, having a population of at least 80,000 inhabitants but less than 250,000 inhabitants on the date that the city adopts or amends a home rule charter designating it as a city of the second class A.
(4)Cities of the third class, having a population of less than 250,000 inhabitants other than cities of the second class A.

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