How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26; names, ids and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19 and from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 77.2°W, standard parallels 40.1°N and 41.8°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This blank map of Pennsylvania shows all 67 counties of Pennsylvania, from Adams to York, with Harrisburg, the capital, in Dauphin County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 67 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Adams and 67 on York, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Outline map of Pennsylvania with every county
Lycoming County, in the north-central part of the state, is the largest; Montour is the smallest. Philadelphia is a city and county in one. Its neighbors, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio, are drawn around it without numbers.
Start with the two big cities: Philadelphia in the south-east corner and Pittsburgh in Allegheny County in the west.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Pennsylvania have?
Sixty-seven in the Census Bureau count, from Adams County to York County in alphabetical order.
What county is Harrisburg in?
Harrisburg stands in Dauphin County, which is number 22 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Harrisburg beside it.
Which is the largest county in Pennsylvania?
Lycoming County, around Williamsport, in the north-central mountains. Montour County is the smallest.
Which county of Pennsylvania has the most people?
Philadelphia County, around Philadelphia, has more people than any other county in Pennsylvania, while the capital, Harrisburg, is in Dauphin County.