130,108 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.3% since 2020)
688 square miles of land · 189 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
36 active community water systems list Cambria County in the area they serve, reporting 136,400 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GREATER JOHNSTOWN WA RIVERSIDE surface water · local government · PA4110034 | 49,500 served |
| HIGHLAND S & W AUTH BEAVERDAM surface water · local government · PA4110017 | 22,617 served |
| EBENSBURG BORO MUNI AUTH surface water · local government · PA4110009 | 8,500 served |
| PORTAGE BORO MUNI AUTH surface water · local government · PA4110027 | 6,500 served |
| NORTHERN CAMBRIA MUNI WATER groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · PA4110003 | 4,500 served |
| SOUTHWESTERN CAMBRIA CNTY AUTH buys surface water · local government · PA4110041 | 4,400 served |
| JACKSON TWP WATER AUTH buys surface water · local government · PA4110021 | 4,236 served |
| GLENDALE VALLEY MUNICIPAL AUTH buys groundwater · private · PA4110060 | 3,200 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 368 people were held in Cambria County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 469 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 495.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
13 school districts have their office in Cambria County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $70.8 million — $55.8 million to run schools, about $18,802 per student, plus $11.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.4 million local (mostly property tax), $41.4 million state, $21.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $41 million.
Spent $32 million — $26.8 million to run schools, about $15,494 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7 million local (mostly property tax), $21.2 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $29.1 million.
Spent $30.8 million — $27.1 million to run schools, about $16,916 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13 million local (mostly property tax), $14.4 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.4 million.
Spent $26.5 million — $23.8 million to run schools, about $15,564 per student, plus $492,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.1 million.
Spent $27.1 million — $23.8 million to run schools, about $15,537 per student, plus $743,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.6 million local (mostly property tax), $17.4 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.3 million.
Spent $27.2 million — $22.9 million to run schools, about $15,545 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.9 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.1 million.
Spent $28.5 million — $24.6 million to run schools, about $19,240 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.9 million local (mostly property tax), $16.9 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.4 million.
Spent $14.5 million — $13.5 million to run schools, about $16,772 per student, plus $97,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $11.1 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $6 million.
And 5 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Cambria County about $31.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
285 bridges in Cambria County: 104 in good condition, 163 fair, and 18 poor (6.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| PA 53 over US 22 · built 1983 | 5,478 vehicles a day |
| PA 160 over BR LITTLE CONEMAUGH RIV. · built 1962 | 4,232 vehicles a day |
| SR 1001 over R. J. CORMAN RAILROAD · built 1962 | 2,834 vehicles a day |
| WIDMAN STREET over SOLOMON RUN · built 1963 | 1,907 vehicles a day |
| T520 Thirteen Hill over W.BR.SUSQUEHANNA RIVER · built 1915 | 540 vehicles a day |
| SONMAN AVENUE over TROUT RUN · built 1924 | 461 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $48.4 million of work in Cambria County in fiscal 2025, about $363 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Pennsylvania are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Cambria County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Cambria County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Blair County (21 mi) · Indiana County (22 mi) · Clearfield County (36 mi) · Bedford County (37 mi) · Huntingdon County (39 mi) · Somerset County (40 mi).