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, which is on (Interstate 86 where it dips just below the Pennsylvania state line). The Endless Mountains are a major geographic feature. U.S. Route 220, U.S. Route 15 and U.S. Route 6 serve the region.
The Northern Tier also often includes McKean and Potter Counties, the two counties to the west that border New York, though the term Northern Pennsylvania is more commonly used there. The economies, geography and population of these two counties are very similar to that of other Northern Tier counties.
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, though the discovery of the Marcellus Formation has begun to alleviate these problems. As a result, the region's top two employers are government-funded services, specifically health care and education services. Paper allied products constitute the largest private industry in the area. 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:
The region is bounded to the north by the Southern Tier, the west by the Northwest Region, and the east by Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Counties comprising the Northern Tier Region of Pennsylvania
