Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lehigh County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lehigh County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lehigh County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lehigh County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Lehigh County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lehigh County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lehigh County is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Lehigh County is 8th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lehigh County is 8th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lehigh County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	355,245	11th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	345.2	62nd	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,012.5	6th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	9th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	5th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	57th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.8%	47th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.3%	9th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	85.6%	60th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.0%	8th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	2nd	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.3%	9th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	4th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	1st	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.8%	64th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	51.4%	12th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.4%	4th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	143,655	12th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.0%	9th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	133,159	11th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.1%	62nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$206,100	7th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	12th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	302	18th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$27,801	12th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$54,312	15th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.3%	35th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lehigh County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,382	10th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	155,897	8th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	27,183	11th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,081,208	9th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,047	10th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$546,275	9th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732