Lancaster County Homepage Beef quality assurance demonstration at Lancaster Cattle Feeder's Day. Its many productive farms keeps the county as one of the top 15 agricultural production counties in the United States. This is due to its diverse and intensified agriculture, its rich soils, favorable climates and its close proximity to a large market. The main agricultural enterprises are dairy, egg production, chickens, hogs and beef cattle.
Major crops produced in the county is corn, alfalfa, soybeans and vegetables.
The population of the county is 456,414 people. This population is composed of 95.1 percent White, 5.1 percent Hispanic, 3.1 percent Afro American, 1.6 percent Asian and 0.1 percent American Indian. In the past 20 years, the county s population has risen about 60,000 people a decade. It is Pennsylvania s second fastest growing county. In 1990, the federal census identified the county as one of Pennsylvania s 25 most urban counties.