Allentown, Pennsylvania Neighborhood Info

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Allentown, Pennsylvania QuickFacts

	Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
Total population	106,632	281,421,906
State	Pennsylvania
City	allentown

Allentown, Pennsylvania Population

	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
Male	51,037	47.86%	49.06%
Female	55,595	52.14%	50.94%
Median age (years)	34.5		35.3

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	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
18 years and over	80,238	75.25%	74.31%
21 years and over	74,941	70.28%	69.97%
62 years and over	18,345	17.2%	14.66%
65 years and over	16,141	15.14%	12.43%

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	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
White	77,361	72.55%	75.14%
Black or African American	8,370	7.85%	12.32%
Asian	2,421	2.27%	3.64%
Some other race	14,694	13.78%	5.46%
Two or more races	3,786	3.55%	2.43%

Allentown, Pennsylvania Housing

	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
Total households	42,032		105,480,101
Family households (families)	25,127	59.78%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	16,905	40.22%	31.94%

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	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
Total housing units	45,960		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	3,928	8.55%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	42,032	91.45%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	22,284	48.49%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	19,748	42.97%	30.77%

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	Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	2,889	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	12,825	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,993	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	697	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	251	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	117	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	34	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	76,900	119,600

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	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	9,595	22.83%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	11,301	26.89%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	5,207	12.39%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	5,776	13.74%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	3,642	8.66%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	6,511	15.49%	9.65%

Allentown, Pennsylvania Education

	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	27,373		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	1,506	5.5%	6.47%
Kindergarten	1,556	5.68%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,635	46.16%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	5,496	20.08%	21.38%
College or graduate school	6,180	22.58%	22.81%

Allentown, Pennsylvania Economy

	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
Population 16 years and over	82,784		217,168,077
In labor force	49,709	60.05%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	49,692	60.03%	63.39%
- - Employed	46,100	55.69%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	3,592	4.34%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	17	0.02%	0.53%
Not in labor force	33,075	39.95%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	44,145	53.33%	51.66%
In labor force	24,086	29.09%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	24,086	29.09%	29.65%
- - Employed	22,187	26.8%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	8,409	10.16%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	5,206		12,787,501

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	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	42,051		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	5,203	12.37%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,689	8.77%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	7,454	17.73%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,453	15.35%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	7,309	17.38%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	7,313	17.39%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,586	6.15%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,588	3.78%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	181	0.43%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	275	0.65%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,016		41,994

	Allentown, Pennsylvania	%, Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States
With earnings	31,478	38.02%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	41,331		56,604
With Social Security income	12,731	15.38%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,002		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	2,620	3.16%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,298		6,320
With public assistance income	2,184	2.64%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,260		3,032
With retirement income	7,630	9.22%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	11,327		17,376

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