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People QuickFacts | Reading | Pennsylvania
Population, 2012 estimate | 88,102 | 12,763,536
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 88,080 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 88,082 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 9.5% | 5.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 31.0% | 22.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 9.3% | 15.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.5% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 48.4% | 81.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 13.2% | 10.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 0.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.2% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 6.1% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 58.2% | 5.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 28.7% | 79.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 75.3% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.0% | 5.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 48.8% | 10.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 64.8% | 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 9.4% | 26.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,887 | 1,007,939
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23 | 25.7
Housing units, 2010 | 34,208 | 5,567,315
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 44.7% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 36.1% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $68,800 | $163,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 31,304 | 4,952,566
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.73 | 2.47
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $13,350 | $27,824
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $27,416 | $51,651
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 37.3% | 12.6%
Business QuickFacts | Reading | Pennsylvania
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,568 | 981,501
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.2% | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.2% | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 33.7% | 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,783,026 | 234,840,418
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 569,288 | 142,859,202
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 733,567 | 166,842,778
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,055 | $13,323
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 19,625,449
Geography QuickFacts | Reading | Pennsylvania
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 9.88 | 44,742.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 8,911.6 | 283.9
FIPS Code | 63624 | 42
Counties | Berks County
(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