2022 population: 871,229 ( 50,056 from 2010 , 9,314 from 2020)
Land area: 1453.0 square miles
Population density: 599.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	600,187	68.89%	7.1%
Black:	50,359	5.78%	44.2%
Indian:	1,135	0.13%	16.1%
Asian:	28,865	3.31%	41.8%
2+ races:	14,460	1.66%	26.4%
Hispanic:	176,223	20.23%	65.3%

Total non-White:	271,042	31.11%	54.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	18,851	10.9
Deaths:	22,219	12.9
Net Migration:	9,119	5.3
Net Immigration:	3,648	2.1

Change in White population:	-45,554	-5.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	95,610	11.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
821,173
645,741	78.64%
34,917	4.25%
978	0.12%
20,349	2.48%
11,437	1.39%
106,598	12.98%
175,432	21.36%

2000
740,395
646,834	87.36%
18,855	2.55%
791	0.11%
11,680	1.58%
7,142	0.96%
54,358	7.34%
93,561	12.64%

1990
686,688
637,218	92.80%
12,753	1.86%
687	0.10%
7,647	1.11%
n/a
28,383	4.13%
49,470	7.20%

1980
635,481
608,016	95.68%
8,627	1.36%
323	0.05%
3,263	0.51%
n/a
14,954	2.35%
27,465	4.32%

1970
594,124
578,109	97.30%
6,416	1.08%
187	0.03%
736	0.12%
n/a
8,266	1.39%
16,015	2.70%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
84,386	11.4
68,582	9.3
46,349	6.3
16,181	2.2

-1,093	-0.1
81,871	11.1

Number	Rate
1990's
87,057	12.7
69,135	10.1
9,999	1.5
8,565	1.2

9,616	1.4
44,091	6.4

Number	Rate
1980's
84,520	13.3
62,973	9.9
33,003	5.2
n/a

29,202	4.6
22,005	3.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
16,867	2.8
n/a

29,907	5.0
11,450	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.2
179,533	20.6%
691,696	79.4%
159,333	18.3%

333,576
2.52

223,080	66.9%
165,454	74.2%
20,592	9.2%
110,496	33.1%

2010
Number	Percent
40.6
187,005	22.8%
634,168	77.2%
125,146	15.2%

315,712
2.53

215,266	68.2%
163,706	76.0%
20,912	9.7%
100,446	31.8%

2000
Number	Percent
38.3
176,277	23.8%
564,118	76.2%
115,304	15.6%

285,982
2.51

197,891	69.2%
159,475	80.6%
15,298	7.7%
88,091	30.8%

1990
Number	Percent
35.4
159,493	23.2%
527,195	76.8%
104,419	15.2%

259,034
2.58

188,241	72.7%
156,926	83.4%
11,430	6.1%
70,793	27.3%

1980
Number	Percent
33.1
161,459	25.4%
474,022	74.6%
82,204	12.9%

230,559
2.69

174,536	75.7%
150,022	86.0%
9,759	5.6%
56,023	24.3%

2022 Housing Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	11,276	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,826	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,233	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,849	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	12,066	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	12,575	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	11,581	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,480	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	12,242	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	25,015	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	29,126	8.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	44,600	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	36,159	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	26,267	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	33,037	9.9%
$200,000 or more	34,244	10.3%

Median Household Income	79,094
Per Capita Income	41,176

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	98

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	16,950	5.1%
Public Assistance	11,292	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	44,153	13.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	327,284	74.2%
Unemployed	16,999	3.9%
In Armed Forces	271	0.1%

Total Labor Force	344,554	78.1%
Not in Labor Force	96,440	21.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	168,217	134,451	55.6%
Non-Profit	15,993	34,028	32.0%
Self-Employed	21,171	10,423	67.0%

Local Government	12,022	15,967	43.0%
State Government	4,703	4,330	52.1%
Federal Government	3,284	1,747	65.3%

Total Private + Self	189,388	144,874	56.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	36,002	56,072	39.1%
Total	225,390	200,946	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	9.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	64,242	15.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	85,579	20.1%
Professional, Technical	100,333	23.5%
Service Occupations	70,669	16.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,211	0.3%
All others	105,953	24.8%

White Collar		58.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	71,133	16.7%
Manufacturing	55,634	13.0%
Retail trade	48,473	11.4%
Educational services	41,026	9.6%
Transportation and warehousing	29,669	7.0%
Construction	24,650	5.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	24,406	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	23,799	5.6%
Other services	19,524	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	16,353	3.8%
Finance and insurance	16,204	3.8%
Wholesale trade	13,302	3.1%
Public administration	12,566	2.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,416	2.2%
Information	7,495	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,725	1.3%
Utilities	4,349	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,144	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	531	0.1%
Management	377	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	12,630	1.46%
Puerto Rican	80,672	9.35%
Cuban	2,934	0.34%
Dominican	34,132	3.95%

Total Central American	8,676	1.01%
Costa Rican	918	0.11%
Guatemalan	2,356	0.27%
Honduran	2,302	0.27%
Nicaraguan	441	0.05%
Panamanian	566	0.07%
Salvadoran	2,024	0.23%
Other Central American	69	0.01%

Total South American	16,720	1.94%
Argentinean	555	0.06%
Bolivian	94	0.01%
Chilean	667	0.08%
Colombian	5,747	0.67%
Ecuadorian	5,092	0.59%
Paraguayan	19	0.00%
Peruvian	2,586	0.30%
Uruguayan	566	0.07%
Venezuelan	1,006	0.12%
Other South American	388	0.04%

Other Hispanic	8,076	0.94%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	8,548	0.99%
Chinese	6,009	0.70%
Filipino	2,065	0.24%
Vietnamese	2,051	0.24%
Korean	1,981	0.23%
Cambodian	590	0.07%
Japanese	445	0.05%
Burmese	390	0.05%
Taiwanese	203	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	668,891	81.7%
Spanish	101,081	12.4%
Other Indo-European	13,435	1.6%
Arabic	6,846	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	5,558	0.7%
Chinese	5,212	0.6%
Other Asian	4,029	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	3,338	0.4%
German, other Germanic	3,227	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	190,991	22.1%
Irish	106,520	12.3%
Italian	99,162	11.5%
English	53,857	6.2%
American	48,101	5.6%
Polish	39,047	4.5%
Pennsylvania German	20,229	2.3%
Slovak	16,109	1.9%
Hungarian	15,634	1.8%
Dutch	14,079	1.6%
French	10,909	1.3%
Welsh	9,878	1.1%
Ukrainian	9,863	1.1%
European	9,443	1.1%
Russian	8,926	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	826,098	95.7%
Not a citizen	37,068	4.3%

Native	775,839	89.9%
Foreign-born	87,327	10.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
18,815	3.1%	33,619	5.6%	201,640	33.5%	156,737	26.0%	120,157	19.9%	71,601	11.9%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	18,815	3.1%
9-12 Years	33,619	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	201,640	33.5%
Some College	156,737	26.0%
Bach. Degree	120,157	19.9%
Grad Degree	71,601	11.9%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	706,264	668,934	37,330	5.3%
1991	710,170	663,712	46,458	6.5%
1992	713,492	660,178	53,314	7.5%
1993	708,880	662,434	46,446	6.6%
1994	706,262	663,588	42,674	6.0%
1995	706,114	666,494	39,620	5.6%
1996	717,914	677,448	40,466	5.6%
1997	732,686	696,508	36,178	4.9%
1998	737,946	704,480	33,466	4.5%
1999	747,940	716,434	31,506	4.2%

2000	772,746	743,868	28,878	3.7%
2001	786,776	752,586	34,190	4.3%
2002	794,680	751,348	43,332	5.5%
2003	796,620	751,500	45,120	5.7%
2004	803,552	761,362	42,190	5.3%
2005	815,102	775,160	39,942	4.9%
2006	828,610	789,872	38,738	4.7%
2007	834,862	797,120	37,742	4.5%
2008	845,524	798,290	47,234	5.6%
2009	845,978	773,204	72,774	8.6%

2010	836,652	761,134	75,518	9.0%
2011	843,806	771,954	71,852	8.5%
2012	856,654	785,150	71,504	8.3%
2013	855,164	790,482	64,682	7.6%
2014	853,080	800,260	52,820	6.2%
2015	861,390	814,550	46,840	5.4%
2016	873,088	827,954	45,134	5.2%
2017	870,886	827,642	43,244	5.0%
2018	875,518	835,198	40,320	4.6%
2019	888,002	848,174	39,828	4.5%

2020	875,150	794,436	80,714	9.2%
2021	899,874	845,334	54,540	6.1%
2022	905,820	867,306	38,514	4.3%
2023	917,056	883,620	33,436	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	358,340
Median Value	$257,500

Occupied	333,576	93.1%
Vacant	24,764	6.9%

Owned	230,151	69.0%
Rented	103,425	31.0%
Median Rent	$1,240

Single-Family Units	277,242	77.4%
Detached	202,451	56.5%
Attached	74,791	20.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	44,042	12.3%
Mobile Homes	7,487	2.1%

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area