Northern Tier (Pennsylvania)
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The Northern Tier is a geographic region consisting of five rural counties in north-central Pennsylvania. The Northern Tier is home to roughly 180,000 people distributed among many small towns and the countryside. The region's largest town is Sayre, Pennsylvania. The Endless Mountains are a major geographic feature.
The Northern Tier sometimes includes McKean and Potter Counties, the two counties to the west that border New York. The economies, geography and population of these two counties are very similar to that of other Northern Tier counties. People in these counties refer to themselves as being from the Northern Tier.
The region is home to Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, located in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
The Northern Tier region as a whole is notorious for its high unemployment and low per-capita incomes in comparison to the rest of Pennsylvania. Economically, the regions top three employers are health services, education services, and paper allied products. Agriculture and light manufacturing are also important employers.
The region is bordered to the north by the Southern Tier of New York state. Together, these regions are known as the Twin Tiers.
The counties and important towns in the Northern Tier are:
