Population

Pennsylvania ranks sixth among the states in population. The population density is 274.0 persons per square mile (105.8 per km 2), almost 4 times that of the nation as a whole. Whites make up 85.4 per cent of the population. Of the nonwhites, blacks are the largest group, accounting for 10 per cent.

Annual events in Pennsylvania
January-March
Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg (second week in January); Greater Pottsville Winter Carnival (early January to early February); Ground-Hog Day Festivities in Punxsutawney (early February); Maple Sugar Festival in Audubon (late February or early March); Charter Day, honoring the granting of Pennsylvania’s charter to William Penn, statewide (March); Philadelphia Flower Show (March); Pennsylvania Maple Festival in Meyersdale (late March to early April).
April-July
Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia (April); Spring Craft Show in Harrisburg (April); Pittsburgh Folk Festival (late May); Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh (early to mid-June); Civil War Heritage Days in Gettysburg (late June to early July); Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta (early July); Bark Peeler’s Convention near Galeton (early July); Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College (mid-July); Oil Heritage Festival in Oil City (July); Rain Day in Waynesburg (late July).
August-September
Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport (August); Musikfest in Bethlehem (August); Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Cornwall (mid-August to late October, weekends); Shippensburg Corn Festival (late August); Johnstown FolkFest (late August to early September); Yorkfest in York (September); Chadds Ford Days in Chadds Ford (September); Covered Bridge Festival in Stahlstown (September); Ligonier Highland Games (early September); Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square (September).
October-December
Apple Harvest Festival in Arendtsville (October); Covered Bridge and Arts Festival in Elysburg and Forks (October); Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg (late October); Chrysanthemum Festival in Kennett Square (October to November); Overly's Country Christmas in Greensburg (November to January); Peddler's Village Gingerbread House Competition & Display in Lahaska (November to January); Reenactment of Washington Crossing the Delaware at Washington Crossing Historic Park (December 25).