| Official Name: | Laporte, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Laporte, PA Keystone Marker.jpg |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 250px |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Keystone Marker |
| Blank Emblem Link: | Keystone Markers |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Laporte |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 41.4233°N -76.4908°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sullivan |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1850 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated (borough) |
| Established Date2: | 1853 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.19 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.23 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.76 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.07 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.42 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.16 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1972 |
| Population Total: | 314 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | 113.56 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 294.01 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 18626 |
| Area Code: | 570 Exchange: 946 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-41512 |
Laporte is a borough and the county seat of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 320 at the 2020 census.[2] It is the county seat of Sullivan County.[3] Laporte is surrounded by Laporte Township. It was named for John Laporte. It is the smallest county seat in Pennsylvania by population (as of the 2000 Census),[4] and in 1969 was one of the two smallest in the United States.[5]
The Pennsylvania Guide, compiled by the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration, described Laporte in 1940 as:[6] The Sullivan County Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3sqmi, of which 1.1sqmi is land and 0.2sqmi (12.50%) is water. Within the borough lies Lake Mokoma.
LaPorte has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers and cold, snowy winters.
At the 2010 census,[7] there were 316 people, 109 households, and 67 families residing in the borough. The population density was 287.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 251 housing units at an average density of 228.2sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.1% White, 0.6% African American, 0.9% Native American, and 0.3% Asian. Hispanics or Latinos of any race makes up 0.9% of the borough population.
Of the 109 households, 14.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 34.9% of households were one person, and 22% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.01 and the average family size was 2.54.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 8.5% under the age of 18, 49.1% from 18 to 64, and 42.4% 65 or older. The median age was 61.7 years.
The median household income was $43,750 and the median family income was $52,500. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $25,500 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,762. About 3.6% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.