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Elk County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 30,990.[2] Its county seat is Ridgway.[3] The county was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean Counties, and is named for the eastern elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis) that historically inhabited the region.

Elk County
U.S. county
County courthouse in Ridgway
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°25′N 78°39′W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Founded	18 April 1843
Named for	Eastern elk
Seat	Ridgway
Largest city	St. Marys
Area
• Total	832 sq mi (2,150 km2)
• Land	827 sq mi (2,140 km2)
• Water	4.9 sq mi (13 km2)  0.6%%
Population  (2020)
• Total	30,990[1]
• Density	37.5/sq mi (14.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	15th
Website	www.co.elk.pa.us

The county is notable for having one of the highest concentrations of Roman Catholics in the United States, with 69% of the county's residents identifying as Catholic.

Geography

Elk County consists of low rolling hills, carved by frequent drainages and heavily wooded.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 832 square miles (2,150 km²), of which 827 square miles (2,140 km²) is land and 4.9 square miles (13 km²) (0.6%) is water.[4] Elk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) and average monthly temperatures in Ridgway range from 23.2 °F in January to 67.4 °F in July, while in Saint Marys they range from 22.6 °F in January to 66.8 °F in July.

Adjacent counties

National protected area

• Allegheny National Forest (part)

State protected areas

• Bendigo State Park
• Elk State Park

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	3,531		—
1860	5,915		67.5%
1870	8,488		43.5%
1880	12,800		50.8%
1890	22,239		73.7%
1900	32,903		48.0%
1910	35,871		9.0%
1920	34,981		−2.5%
1930	33,431		−4.4%
1940	34,443		3.0%
1950	34,503		0.2%
1960	37,328		8.2%
1970	37,770		1.2%
1980	38,338		1.5%
1990	34,878		−9.0%
2000	35,111		0.7%
2010	31,946		−9.0%
2020	30,990		−3.0%
[5]

As of the 2020 United States Census,[6] there were 30,990 people and 14,215 households. The population density was 38/sqmi (16/km²). There were 16,855 housing units at an average density of 20/sqmi (8/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.9% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian, and 1.0% from two or more races. 0.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 41% were of German, 13% Italian, 9% American, 6% Irish, 4% Polish, 4% Swedish, 3% English.

There were 14,124 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.00% were married couples living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.00% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.99.

The county population contained 24.00% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.30 males.

Elk County has one of the highest concentrations of Roman Catholics in the United States. As of 2010, nearly 70% of the county's residents identified as Catholic.

2020 Census

Elk County Racial Composition[7]

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (NH)	30,339	97.9%
Black or African American (NH)	155	0.5%
Native American (NH)	62	0.2%
Asian (NH)	124	0.4%
Other/Mixed (NH)	310	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	279	.9%

Politics and government

United States presidential election results for Elk County, Pennsylvania[8]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2020	12,140	71.64%	4,522	26.68%	284	1.68%
2016	10,025	68.91%	3,853	26.49%	669	4.60%
2012	7,579	57.08%	5,463	41.14%	237	1.78%
2008	6,676	46.48%	7,290	50.76%	396	2.76%
2004	7,872	54.10%	6,602	45.37%	76	0.52%
2000	7,347	54.10%	5,754	42.37%	479	3.53%
1996	4,889	37.57%	5,749	44.18%	2,375	18.25%
1992	4,908	35.48%	5,016	36.26%	3,908	28.25%
1988	6,737	52.86%	5,879	46.13%	128	1.00%
1984	8,470	60.47%	5,486	39.17%	51	0.36%
1980	7,175	52.49%	5,898	43.15%	596	4.36%
1976	6,159	46.98%	6,713	51.21%	237	1.81%
1972	7,900	61.20%	4,710	36.49%	298	2.31%
1968	6,193	44.09%	6,886	49.02%	967	6.88%
1964	4,354	29.36%	10,455	70.51%	19	0.13%
1960	7,155	45.96%	8,398	53.95%	14	0.09%
1956	8,947	61.84%	5,498	38.00%	23	0.16%
1952	7,702	54.26%	6,448	45.42%	45	0.32%
1948	5,148	48.98%	5,363	51.02%	0	0.00%
1944	5,645	47.80%	6,097	51.63%	67	0.57%
1940	6,949	49.99%	6,920	49.78%	31	0.22%
1936	5,489	35.12%	9,035	57.80%	1,107	7.08%
1932	5,797	46.39%	6,461	51.70%	239	1.91%
1928	5,234	40.23%	7,705	59.23%	70	0.54%
1924	6,626	70.85%	1,370	14.65%	1,356	14.50%
1920	5,267	66.14%	2,093	26.28%	604	7.58%
1916	2,829	52.34%	2,186	40.44%	390	7.22%
1912	603	10.50%	2,057	35.82%	3,082	53.67%
1908	2,991	51.52%	2,531	43.60%	283	4.88%
1904	3,820	55.25%	2,857	41.32%	237	3.43%
1900	3,254	50.06%	3,105	47.77%	141	2.17%
1896	2,807	49.57%	2,717	47.98%	139	2.45%
1892	1,438	38.94%	2,126	57.57%	129	3.49%
1888	1,321	41.09%	1,824	56.73%	70	2.18%

Voter Registration

As of November 4, 2022, there are 20,227 registered voters in Elk County.[9]

• Democratic: 6,768 (33.46%)
• Republican: 11,123 (54.99%)
• Third Party: 2,336 (11.55%)

Elk County was primarily settled by German Catholics and the county's politics have historically been defined by the county's Catholic heritage. Prior to 1896, the county was a Democratic stronghold, similar to most other German Catholic counties with populations opposed to the Civil War, and while Republicans won the county from 1896 to 1908, their margins were far narrower than their margins nationwide. In the 1910s, the county's predominantly German-American populace became opposed to the foreign policies of the Wilson Administration, and thus voted against Wilson in 1916, as well as giving Republicans Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge over 65% of the vote. In 1928, however, with Catholic Al Smith as the Democratic nominee, he won nearly 60% of the county's vote and received a higher percentage of the vote than FDR did in any of his four presidential runs, even though FDR won his four elections with landslide margins and Smith lost by a landslide.

Elk County tended to be politically competitive in statewide and national elections. The county has frequently voted with the eventual winner of national elections, from 1920 to 2008, except for 1928 when Al Smith carried the county with nearly 60% of the vote over winner Herbert Hoover (due to the county's Catholicsm), 1940 when Wendell Willkie carried the county with a very slim margin of 29 votes over incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt(due to tensions between the Roosevelt administration and Germany), and in 1968, when Hubert Humphrey won it over eventual winner Richard Nixon. The county was carried by George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and by Barack Obama in 2008

The county has recently become a solid Republican county like most of rural Pennsylvania. Mitt Romney won the county in 2012 over Obama's victorious ticket. Like most other rural counties, both in Pennsylvania and nationwide, Donald Trump strongly won the county in 2016 and 2020 -- increasing his margin in the latter, making it the strongest performance by any single candidate in the county's history (although Coolidge had carried the county by a larger margin in 1924).

County commissioners

• Joseph Daghir, Republican
• M. Fritz Lecker, Republican
• Matthew G. Quesenberry, Democrat

[10]

Other county offices

• Clerk of Courts and Prothonotary, Susanne Schneider, Republican
• Coroner, Michelle Muccio, Republican
• District Attorney, Shawn McMahon,
• Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds, Lee Neureiter, Republican
• Sheriff, Todd Caltagarone, Republican
• Treasurer, Peggy Schneider, Democrat

State representative[11]

• Mike Armanini, Republican, 75th district

State senator[11]

• Cris Dush, Republican, 25th district

U.S. representative

• Glenn "G.T." Thompson, Republican, 15th district

Education

Public school districts

• Brockway Area School District
• Forest Area School District
• Kane Area School District
• Johnsonburg Area School District
• Ridgway Area School District
• Saint Marys Area School District

Private schools

Libraries

Communities

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns. The following cities, boroughs, and townships are located in Elk County:

City

• St. Marys

Boroughs

• Johnsonburg
• Ridgway (county seat)

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

• Arroyo
• Dagus Mines
• Loleta
• Portland Mills[12]

Townships

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Elk County.[13]

† county seat

Rank	City/Town/etc.	Municipal type	Population (2010 Census)
1	St. Marys	City	13,070
2	† Ridgway	Borough	4,078
3	Johnsonburg	Borough	2,483
4	Kersey	CDP	937
5	Weedville	CDP	542
6	Byrnedale	CDP	427
7	Wilcox	CDP	383
8	James City	CDP	287
9	Force	CDP	253

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Elk County, Pennsylvania

References

На других языках

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[de] Elk County (Pennsylvania)

Elk County[1] ist ein County im Bundesstaat Pennsylvania der Vereinigten Staaten. Bei der Volkszählung im Jahr 2020 hatte das County 30.990 Einwohner und eine Bevölkerungsdichte von 15 Einwohner pro Quadratkilometer.[2] Der Verwaltungssitz (County Seat) ist Ridgway.

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- [en] Elk County, Pennsylvania

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[ru] Элк (округ, Пенсильвания)

Округ Элк (англ. Elk County) располагается в штате Пенсильвания, США. Официально образован 18-го апреля 1843 года. По состоянию на 2010 год, численность населения составляла 31 946 человек.

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