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People QuickFacts | Lehigh County | Pennsylvania
Population, 2013 estimate | 355,092 | 12,773,801
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 349,497 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 1.6% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 349,497 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.9% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 22.8% | 21.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 15.7% | 16.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.3% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 85.1% | 83.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 8.2% | 11.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 3.4% | 3.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.3% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 20.7% | 6.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 69.1% | 78.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 85.4% | 88.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 9.8% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 22.1% | 10.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 86.8% | 88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 28.1% | 27.5%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 23,497 | 943,417
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 24.2 | 25.9
Housing units, 2013 | 142,775 | 5,565,157
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 67.5% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 23.9% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $196,600 | $164,700
Households, 2009-2013 | 133,289 | 4,958,427
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.57 | 2.48
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $27,923 | $28,502
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $54,923 | $52,548
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 13.7% | 13.3%
Business QuickFacts | Lehigh County | Pennsylvania
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 8,415 | 296,872
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 167,208 | 5,169,196
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 7.3% | 1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 20,797 | 774,209
Total number of firms, 2007 | 27,183 | 981,501
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.6% | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.5% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.3% | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.5% | 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 7,031,570 | 234,840,418
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 142,859,202
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,081,208 | 166,842,778
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,047 | $13,323
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 546,275 | 19,625,449
Building permits, 2012 | 302 | 18,796
Geography QuickFacts | Lehigh County | Pennsylvania
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 345.17 | 44,742.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,012.5 | 283.9
FIPS Code | 77 | 42
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts