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Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown
(Allegheny County)

Allenvale
(Somerset County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Allentown had a population of 106,632 people ^<1>. This represents 0.87% of the total population of Pennsylvania, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	107,250	+0.58%	+0.32% since 2007
2007	106,913	+0.26%	+0.22% since 2006
2006	106,675
2005	106,366	-0.25%	+0.24% since 2004
2004	106,108	-0.49%	+0.2% since 2003
2003	105,898	-0.69%
2002	105,805	-0.78%	-0.5% since 2001
2001	106,336	-0.28%	-0.28% since 2000
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2000	106,632	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Philadelphia	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	1,447,395	4.62% decrease
2	Pittsburgh	W	236 mi [379.8 km]	310,037	7.33% decrease
-3-	Allentown			107,250	0.58% increase
4	Erie	NW	260 mi [418.4 km]	103,817	0.1% increase
5	Reading	SW	29 mi [46.67 km]	80,506	0.86% decrease
6	Scranton	N	56 mi [90.1 km]	72,233	5.47% decrease
7	Bethlehem	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	72,241	1.28% increase

Allentown had 45,960 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Allentown has an area ^<4> of 17.74 square miles [45.94 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Allentown had a 2000 population density of 6,011 people per square mile [2,321 people/km²], making it the state's 13th most densely populated area.

Lehigh County

The city of Allentown is located in Lehigh County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 312,654 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 106,632 people, Allentown contained 34.11% of the Lehigh County total.

In addition, where the community of Allentown has a population density of 6,011 people per square mile [2,321 people/km²], Lehigh County averages 901 people per square mile [348.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Lehigh County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Allentown and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Allentown. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	179,491	0.86% increase
10 mi [16 km]	2	179,491	0.86% increase
15 mi [24 km]	3	205,571	0.66% increase
25 mi [40 km]	4	220,099	0.32% increase
30 mi [48 km]	8	307,906	0.13% decrease

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Allentown. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Allentown, it also contains a comparison between Allentown and the state of Pennsylvania.

Click here for the Allentown QuickFact (QF-4202000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Lehigh County (QF-42077).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lehigh County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Berks	QF-42011	SW	403,595	7.77% increase
Bucks	QF-42017	SE	621,643	3.71% increase
Carbon	QF-42025	NW	63,558	8.03% increase
Montgomery	QF-42091	S	778,048	3.61% increase
Northampton	QF-42095	NE	294,787	10.23% increase
Schuylkill	QF-42107	W	147,254	1.89% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Allentown:

	State Code:	42 (Pennsylvania)
	County Code:	077 (Lehigh County)
	Place Code:	02000 (Allentown)

	State & County Code:	42077 (Pennsylvania/Lehigh County)

	State & Place Code:	4202000 (Pennsylvania/Allentown)

Allentown is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Allentown.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Pennsylvania ^<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Allentown. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Allentown? Please visit the Map Page for Allentown.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Allentown and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Allentown. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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