People QuickFacts Catasauqua Pennsylvania Population, 2011 estimate 6,498 12,743,948 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 6,436 12,702,379 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.0% 0.3% Population, 2010 6,436 12,702,379 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.9% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.7% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.6% 15.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.7% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.0% 81.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.0% 10.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 2.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.3% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 10.5% 5.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 83.8% 79.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.5% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.9% 5.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 16.4% 10.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.7% 87.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.8% 26.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 544 1,007,939 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.0 25.7  Housing units, 2010 2,792 5,567,315 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.8% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 18.4% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $140,700 $163,200 Households, 2007-2011 2,602 4,952,566 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.48 2.47 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,959 $27,824 Median household income, 2007-2011 $56,684 $51,651 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 3.8% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Catasauqua Pennsylvania Total number of firms, 2007 349 981,501 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 11.7% 27.0%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 234,840,418 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 142,859,202 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 14,639 166,842,778 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $2,227 $13,323 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,489 19,625,449     Geography QuickFacts Catasauqua Pennsylvania Land area in square miles, 2010 1.29 44,742.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 4,985.3 283.9 FIPS Code 11720 42 Counties Lehigh 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