Altoona is a city in central Pennsylvania
Blair County,
Pennsylvania, United States. It is the principal city of the Altoona
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population was 46,320 at the time of the
2010 Census, making it the tenth most populous city in Pennsylvania. The Altoona MSA includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 127,089 at the 2010 Census, around 100,000 of which live within a 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.