Pennsylvania — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions60
Athletic Sections12
School Districts29
Concepts (13)
Pennsylvania
Local NamePennsylvania
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameGeneral Assembly
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsCounties
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, Scranton, Bethlehem, Lancaster
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Commissioners
Executive TitleCounty Executive
Executive RequiredNo
SubdivisionsCities, Townships, Boroughs
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor, council-manager
Governance Exceptions
Strong-MayorPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh
SubdivisionsNo
Township
Local NameTownship
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Supervisors
SubdivisionsNo
Borough
Local NameBorough
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBorough Council
Executive TitleMayor
Executive RequiredNo
Governancecouncil-manager
SubdivisionsNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of School Directors
Intermediate Unit
Local NameIntermediate Unit
Local AbbrevIU
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameIU Board
District
Local NameDistrict
Parent Org NamePIAA
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial District
Local NameJudicial District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (2)
Council-Manager
Legislative CommitteesNo
Legislative DistrictsNo
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttps://data.pa.gov/resource/2axz-wupj.json
ProviderPennDOT, via PA's open data portal (Socrata SODA API, same platform as NY's data.ny.gov) — dataset "PA County Boundaries Spatial Data Current Transportation"; also available as ArcGIS REST at https://mapservices.pasda.psu.edu/server/rest/services/pasda/PennDOT/MapServer/7
TypeSocrata SODA API (JSON/GeoJSON)
Noteverified 67 counties. No website field. A supplementary non-geo dataset at data.pa.gov/resource/44ch-j9ei.json carries county_name/ state_fips_code/county_fips_code/fips_class_code for a lighter lookup.
Field mapping (4)
County Namname
Fips Countattributes.county_fips
County Num (Or Pa Cty Cod)attributes.pa_county_code
District Nattributes.penndot_district
Municipalities
Urlhttps://data.pa.gov/resource/ednf-5bi6.json
Providersame PA open data portal, dataset "PA Municipality Boundaries" — same source as PennDOT's "Pa Municipalities" ArcGIS layer (.../PennDOT/MapServer/10)
TypeSocrata SODA API (JSON/GeoJSON)
Noteverified ~2,560 municipalities. No website field. Multiple near-duplicate PA-Municipality-Boundary datasets exist on data.pa.gov (xfdy-ds3u, 9gre-k5zk) — ednf-5bi6 is the one confirmed returning live data; spot-check the others for currency before switching.
Field mapping (6)
Mslinkjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "pa_mslink")
Municipal1name
Class Of Mconcept_id (township/borough/city class)
County (Or Fips Count)parent county
Fips Mun Cattributes.fips_municipality_code
Fips Mun Pattributes.population_estimate
School Districts
Urlhttps://data.pa.gov/resource/sken-zr26.json
Providersame PA open data portal, dataset "Pa School Districts" (also ArcGIS REST at PennDOT MapServer layer 11)
TypeSocrata SODA API (JSON/GeoJSON)
Noteverified ~500 districts. No website field.
Field mapping (4)
School Dis (Or School Nam)name
Aun Num (Or Aun Schdis)jurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "aun") — PA's BEDS-equivalent district identifier
Cty Name (Or Pa Cty Cod)parent county
Iu Num / Iu Nameparent Intermediate Unit — see educational_region below
Educational Region
Statusno dedicated live source found
Noteunlike NY's BOCES (its own ArcGIS layer), PASDA/data.pa.gov has no standalone Intermediate Unit (IU) boundary or list API. PDE's EdNA entity directory (edna.pa.gov) is a live searchable directory including IUs with an Excel export, but no confirmed REST/JSON endpoint. Recommended approach — derive the 29 IUs from the school_districts dataset's iu_num/iu_name fields above (present on every district record) rather than treating anything here as a dedicated IU source.
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the county FIPS already captured by the counties source above.