Reading, Pennsylvania Demographics

Reading is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Reading is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Reading is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Reading is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Reading is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Race - Two or More

Reading is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Income below poverty line

Reading is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 196 other cities in Current population (2012)

Reading is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Households

Reading is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 256 other cities in Housing units

Reading is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 180 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	88,102	5th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.9	26th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8,911.6	11th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	9.5%	2nd	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	31.0%	2nd	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.3%	242nd	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	64.8%	255th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.4%	252nd	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	48.4%	245th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.2%	42nd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	1st	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	126th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	12th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	6.1%	3rd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	58.2%	1st	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	250th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	51.5%	186th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	17.0%	7th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	34,208	5th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	36.1%	70th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	31,304	5th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	44.7%	234th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$68,800	238th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	19th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$13,350	256th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$27,416	247th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	37.3%	4th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Reading	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,568	7th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$733,567	12th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,055	127th	$13,323	$12,990