People QuickFacts	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	75,266	12,742,886
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	74,982	12,702,379
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.4%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	74,982	12,702,379
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.6%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	19.9%	22.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.2%	15.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.9%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	76.4%	81.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	6.9%	10.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.9%	2.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.4%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	24.4%	5.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	65.4%	79.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	76.2%	87.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	6.9%	5.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	22.1%	9.9%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	84.1%	87.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	26.6%	26.4%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	22.2	25.5 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	55.4%	71.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	32.0%	20.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$175,900	$159,300
 	Households, 2006-2010    	29,584	4,940,581
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.31	2.47
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$23,042	$27,049
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$44,310	$50,398
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	16.8%	12.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,890	981,501
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	8.8%	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.1%	27.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,509,925	234,840,418
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	142,859,202
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	696,896	166,842,778
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,594	$13,323
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	141,426	19,625,449

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	19.10	44,742.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,925.3	283.9
 	FIPS Code    	06088	42
 	Counties    	Lehigh County
 Northampton County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts