Allegheny
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Allegheny

County

Territory

  • officials recorded 23
  • partly recorded 65
  • nothing recorded 27
GEOID
42003
OCD-ID
ocd-division/country:us/state:pa/county:allegheny
POP
1,225,035 (2025)
CENTER
40.4688, -79.9812
SOURCE
census tiger

Government of Allegheny

Bodies, seats, agencies and services that belong to Allegheny itself. Jurisdictions inside it are listed separately below.

County Council
0/15 seats recorded

Organization 27

Departments

  • Department providing administrative support services for Allegheny County government

  • Department responsible for county budget preparation, financial planning, and fiscal management

  • Department handling public information, media relations, and communications for Allegheny County

  • Elected row office responsible for fiscal oversight, auditing, and financial accountability for Allegheny County

  • County Council Legislative

    Legislative branch of Allegheny County government, consisting of 15 elected members representing 13 districts and 2 at-large seats

  • Office of the elected County Executive, chief executive of Allegheny County under the Home Rule Charter

  • Office overseeing day-to-day operations of Allegheny County government departments

  • Elected row office responsible for criminal prosecution in Allegheny County

  • Department promoting economic growth, business development, and workforce initiatives in Allegheny County

  • Department responsible for emergency preparedness, response, and disaster coordination in Allegheny County

  • Department promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion across Allegheny County government

  • Department managing county buildings, grounds, and physical infrastructure

  • Department responsible for public health services, disease prevention, and health regulation in Allegheny County

  • Department managing county workforce, recruitment, benefits, and labor relations

  • Department providing social services, behavioral health, aging, and children/youth services in Allegheny County

  • Department managing county technology infrastructure, systems, and digital services

  • Allegheny County Jail, responsible for incarceration and detention services

  • Court handling juvenile delinquency and dependency cases in Allegheny County

  • Office of the County Solicitor, providing legal counsel and representation for Allegheny County government

  • Office responsible for death investigations, autopsies, and forensic pathology in Allegheny County

  • Parks and Recreation Parks & Recreation

    Department managing county parks, trails, and recreational programs

  • Allegheny County Police Department providing law enforcement services

  • Office providing legal defense services for indigent defendants in Allegheny County

  • Public Works Public Works

    Department responsible for county roads, bridges, and infrastructure maintenance

  • Department managing county property assessment, real estate records, and property transactions

  • Elected row office responsible for court security, warrant service, and civil process in Allegheny County

  • Elected row office responsible for tax collection and management of county funds

Within Allegheny

Each of these governs itself. Counts are that jurisdiction's own records.

jurisdictions
115
agencies
398
bodies
63
officials
165
Name Agencies Bodies Officials
Pittsburgh 12 1 9
Penn Hills 4 1 1
Mount Lebanon 11 1 5
Bethel Park 3 1 1
Monroeville 14 1 8
Plum 7 1 8
Baldwin 7 1 8
West Mifflin 1 1 8
McKeesport 10 1 7
Franklin Park 8 1 0
Whitehall 5 1 0
Wilkinsburg 6 1 0
Jefferson Hills 2 0 0
Munhall 6 0 0
Brentwood 1 0 0
Pleasant Hills 5 1 0
Swissvale 9 1 0
Castle Shannon 5 1 0
Bellevue 6 0 0
Dormont 9 1 0
Carnegie 6 0 0
White Oak 1 0 0
Oakmont 8 3 0
West View 4 5 0
Forest Hills 4 1 0
Clairton 4 0 0
Crafton 2 1 0
McKees Rocks 1 0 0
Coraopolis 2 0 0
Fox Chapel 5 2 0
Duquesne 1 0 0
Turtle Creek 3 1 8
Green Tree 8 2 0
Avalon 4 0 0
Bridgeville 3 1 0
Glassport 5 1 6
Tarentum 10 1 0
North Braddock 4 0 0
Sewickley 8 1 0
Port Vue 5 0 0
Etna 4 0 0
Springdale 3 0 0
Ingram 8 2 0
Mount Oliver 5 5 18
Millvale 7 1 0
Brackenridge 6 1 7
Churchill 5 1 0
Edgewood 6 1 8
Sharpsburg 8 0 0
Pitcairn 4 0 0

Showing the 50 largest of 115. Totals include all of them.