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The current population of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is 49,984 based on our projections of the latest US Census estimates (released May 2024). The last official US Census in 2020. Harrisburg city, Pennsylvania. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. The current metro area population of Harrisburg in 2025 is 578,000, a 1.05% increase from 2024. The metro area population of Harrisburg in 2024 was 572,000, a 1.24% increase from 2023..
Census data for Harrisburg, PA (pop. 50,092), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more. Previously, in 2022, Harrisburg's population was 50,157, a decline of 0.18% compared to a population of 50,248 in 2021. Over the last 20 plus years, between 2000 and.