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Cambria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. 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.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1810 | 2,117
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1820 | 3,287
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1830 | 7,076
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1840 | 11,256
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1850 | 17,773
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1860 | 29,155
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1870 | 36,569
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1880 | 46,811
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1890 | 66,375
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1900 | 104,837
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1910 | 166,131
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1920 | 197,839
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1930 | 203,146
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1940 | 213,459
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1950 | 209,541
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1960 | 203,283
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1970 | 186,785
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1980 | 183,263
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1990 | 163,029
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- Outstanding guide to Cambria County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- Cambria County Government
- Cambria County PAGenWeb
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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