Easton, Pennsylvania

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The 2000 Census showed that Easton had a population of 26,263 people^<1>. This represents 0.21% of the total population of Pennsylvania, making it the state's 17th most populous community.

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

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
14	Williamsport	W	101 mi [162.5 km]	29,456	4.07% decrease
15	Monroeville	W	240 mi [386.2 km]	---
16	New Castle	W	268 mi [431.3 km]	24,212	7.97% decrease
-17-	Easton			26,080	0.7% decrease
18	Lebanon	W	67 mi [107.8 km]	24,097	1.49% decrease
19	McKeesport	W	244 mi [392.7 km]	22,130	7.95% decrease
20	Johnstown	W	195 mi [313.8 km]	21,641	9.47% decrease

Easton had 10,545 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Easton has an area^<4> of 4.26 square miles [11.03 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Easton had a 2000 population density of 6,168 people per square mile [2,381 people/km²], making it the state's 9th most densely populated area.

Northampton County

The city of Easton is located in Northampton County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 267,440 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 26,263 people, Easton contained 9.82% of the Northampton County total.

In addition, where the community of Easton has a population density of 6,168 people per square mile [2,381 people/km²], Northampton County averages 715 people per square mile [276.2 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Easton.

A Census Quickfact is available for Northampton County (QF-42095).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Northampton County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Monroe	QF-42089	N	165,058	18.1% increase
	Bucks	QF-42017	SE	621,643	3.71% increase
	Lehigh	QF-42077	SW	339,989	8.74% increase
	Carbon	QF-42025	NW	63,558	8.03% increase
	Warren (NJ)	QF-34041	NE	109,876	6.73% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Easton 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 Easton.

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Easton. 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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