Cambria County

Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Cambria County Courthouse
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Location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's location in the U.S.
Founded	November 2, 1807
Named for	Latin name of Wales
Seat	Ebensburg
Largest city	Johnstown
Area
• Total	694 sq mi (1,797 km2)
• Land	688 sq mi (1,782 km2)
• Water	5.3 sq mi (14 km2), 0.8%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	136,411
• Density	198/sq mi (76/km²)
Congressional districts	9th, 12th
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website	www.co.cambria.pa.us
Footnotes:
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated	May 25, 1982

Cambria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 143,679. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset Counties and later organized in 1807. It was named for the nation of Wales, which in Latin is known as "Cambria".

Cambria County comprises the Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 694 square miles (1,800 km²), of which 688 square miles (1,780 km²) is land and 5.3 square miles (14 km²) (0.8%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 152,598 people, 60,531 households, and 40,616 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile (86/km²). There were 65,796 housing units at an average density of 96 per square mile (37/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.80% White, 2.83% Black or African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.89% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 27.7% were of German, 10.2% Irish, 10.1% Italian, 10.0% Polish, 6.5% Slovak, 6.2% American and 5.6% English ancestry according to Census 2000.