State College, Pennsylvania
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State College Borough of State College |
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| Borough Home Rule Municipality |
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The Corner of College Avenue and Allen Street in downtown State College, taken from the gates of Campus.
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| Nickname(s): Happy Valley, Lion Country | |
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| Coordinates: 40°47′29″N 77°51′31″W / 40.79139°N 77.85861°WCoordinates: 40°47′29″N 77°51′31″W / 40.79139°N 77.85861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Centre |
| Incorporated | August 29, 1896 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Elizabeth Goreham |
| Area | |
| • Borough Home Rule Municipality |
4.5 sq mi (11.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,154 ft (352 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Borough Home Rule Municipality |
42,034 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 42,161 |
| • Density | 9,259/sq mi (3,574/km2) |
| • Urban | 87,454 (US: 335th) |
| • Metro | MSA:158,742 (US: 257th) CSA: 236,577 (US: 124th) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Zip | 16801, 16803, 16804, 16805 |
| Area code | 814 |
| School district | State College Area School District |
| Website | Borough of State College |
State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania. It is the principal borough of the six municipalities that make up the State College Metropolitan Statistical Area, the largest settlement in Centre County and one of the principal cities of the greater State College-DuBois Combined Statistical Area with a combined population of 236,577 as of the 2010 United States Census. In the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034 with approximately 105,000 living in the borough plus the surrounding townships often referred to locally as the "Centre Region." Many of these Centre Region communities also carry a "State College, PA" address although are not part of the borough of State College.
State College is a college town, dominated economically and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). Though "Happy Valley" is another often-used term to refer to the State College area, the term also includes the borough and the townships of College, Harris, Patton, and Ferguson.
In 2013, State College was ranked as the third-safest metropolitan area in the United States by the CQ Press. In 2016, State College was ranked the 8th best college town in the nation by Best College Reviews.
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