{"data":{"id":"us-pa/11-pa.c.s.-201","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"11 Pa.C.S. § 201","heading":"City classification.","body":"For the purposes of legislation and the regulation of a city's affairs, current cities of this Commonwealth as well as future cities shall be divided into four classes as follows:\n(1) Cities of the first class, having a population of at least 1,000,000 inhabitants.\n(2) Cities of the second class, having a population of at least 250,000 inhabitants but less than 1,000,000 inhabitants.\n(3) Cities of the second class A, having a population of at least 80,000 inhabitants but less than 250,000 inhabitants on the date that the city adopts or amends a home rule charter designating it as a city of the second class A.\n(4) Cities of the third class, having a population of less than 250,000 inhabitants other than cities of the second class A.","path":["Title 11 - CITIES","PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 2 CITY CLASSIFICATION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=11\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=2\u0026sctn=1\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2025-03-10 (Statute Update stamp, 11 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:30:53Z","sha256":"dd1c8523f4132aea7a281d877ca51188ccd334f06eb7997331775f975c3448dd","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/9-pa.c.s.-703","next":"us-pa/11-pa.c.s.-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}