Allentown, Pennsylvania Demographics

Allentown is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Allentown is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 180 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Allentown is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 187 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Allentown is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 196 other cities in Current population (2012)

Allentown is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Households

Allentown is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Housing units

Allentown is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Allentown is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 191 other cities in Retail sales

Allentown is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - Two or More

Allentown is 13th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	118,974	3rd	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	17.6	13th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6,727	32nd	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	7.9%	17th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.2%	24th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.9%	211th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.2%	252nd	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	190th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	58.5%	239th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.5%	45th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	2nd	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	75th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	221st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	5.0%	7th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	42.8%	3rd	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	43.2%	242nd	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	51.8%	153rd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	14.6%	16th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	46,921	3rd	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	38.9%	49th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	43,089	3rd	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	48.2%	220th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$143,800	127th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	36th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$17,663	230th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$35,737	187th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.8%	32nd	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Allentown	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,644	3rd	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,299,712	5th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,117	96th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$150,343	3rd	$19,625,449	$613,795,732