Lehigh Valley - Demographics

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1980 551,022
1990 595,081 8.0%
2000 740,395 24.4%
2010 821,623 11.0%

As of the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lehigh Valley had a population of 808,210. 87.1% of the population were White American, 4.6% were Black or African American, 0.1% were American Indian, 2.3% were Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans made up 0.1%, 4.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% belonged to two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 11.3% of the population.

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