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Altoona, PA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Altoona a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Altoona Home page. The Altoona Home page provides as much information as possible on Altoona. Knowing Altoona’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Altoona’s Home page, you will also find Altoona’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Altoona has a population of 73374. 48.6% of Altoona’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.4 are female. 42.2% of Altoona is married and 63.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $92,615, and the average rent is $701. Household median income in Altoona is $42,244, and the individual median income is $24,995. Altoona’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.7%), Black(3.7%), Multiple(3.1%), Hispanic(2.1%), Asian(0.2%), Other(0.2%), Native(0.1%).
Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan statistical area (MSA). The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the 18th most populous city in Pennsylvania. The Altoona MSA includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,822 at the 2020 Census, around 100,000 of whom live within a 5-mile (8.0 km) radius of the Altoona city center according to U.S.
Census ZIP Code population data. This includes the adjacent boroughs of Hollidaysburg and Duncansville, adjacent townships of Logan, Allegheny, Blair, Frankstown, Antis, and Tyrone, as well as nearby boroughs of Bellwood and Newry. Having grown around the railroad industry, the city has worked to recover from industrial decline and urban decentralization experienced in recent decades.
The city is home to the Altoona Curve baseball team of the Eastern League, which is the AA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team. The Altoona Symphony Orchestra has called Altoona home since 1928. Prominent landmarks include the Horseshoe Curve, the Railroaders Memorial Museum, the Juniata Shops of the Altoona Works, the Mishler Theatre, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Jaffa Shrine Center.
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Mayor : Matt Pacifico (R)[3]
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