Pittsburgh is a large city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 334,563 people and 228 constituent neighborhoods, Pittsburgh is the second largest community in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Pittsburgh is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pittsburgh is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pittsburgh who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.77%), sales jobs (9.74%), and food service (7.30%).

Also of interest is that Pittsburgh has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Pittsburgh also has a very large population of students, making it a major college town. As is often the case, having so many students around has a strong influence on the local culture. In fact, Pittsburgh is one of only a few big cities that are also major college towns, making it one of the nation's prominent intellectual centers. In addition, the presence of thousands of college students gives Pittsburgh a sophisticated style, and provides lots of diversions and entertainment for students. Being a big "college town" not only means that Pittsburgh has a burgeoning arts, music, and nightclub scene, but the innovation sector of the local economy receives a great boost from both the intellectual output of the faculty and the thousands of enthusiastic students who graduate every spring.

Not only is Pittsburgh a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Pittsburgh is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

Pittsburgh Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Pittsburgh citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 26.17% of adults in Pittsburgh have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Pittsburgh in 2000 was $18,816, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,264 for a family of four.

Pittsburgh is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pittsburgh home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pittsburgh is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pittsburgh include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Pittsburgh is English.