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  People QuickFacts Lehigh County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 314,20412,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.7%0.0%
  Population, 2000 312,09012,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 7.2%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.9%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.1%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 23.3%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 22.125.2
  Housing units, 2000 128,9105,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 68.8%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 25.6%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $113,600$97,000
  Households, 2000 121,9064,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.482.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $43,449$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $21,897$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Lehigh County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 8,127293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 161,4814,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 14.0%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 15,338614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 7,690,056172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 3,509,237109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $11,768$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,34441,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,406,12579,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 9,388365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Lehigh County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 34744,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 900.3274.0
  Metropolitan Area Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA 
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