2024 population: 1,972,457 ( 54,580 from 2020)
Land area: 5153.0 square miles
Population density: 382.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,527,249	77.43%	0.8%
Black:	121,970	6.18%	9.6%
Indian:	2,948	0.15%	4.8%
Asian:	73,255	3.71%	35.5%
2+ races:	40,068	2.03%	13.5%
Hispanic:	206,967	10.49%	18.5%

Total non-White:	445,208	22.57%	17.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	91,160	11.9
Deaths:	88,416	11.5
Net Migration:	27,608	3.6
Net Immigration:	24,249	3.2

Change in White population:	-12,560	-0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	67,140	3.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,917,877
1,539,809	80.29%
111,318	5.80%
2,813	0.15%
54,061	2.82%
35,291	1.84%
174,585	9.10%
378,068	19.71%

2010
1,810,185
1,534,714	84.78%
96,421	5.33%
2,395	0.13%
33,644	1.86%
26,229	1.45%
114,840	6.34%
275,471	15.22%

2000
1,642,409
1,467,307	89.34%
74,830	4.56%
2,055	0.13%
20,576	1.25%
14,673	0.89%
61,550	3.75%
175,102	10.66%

1990
1,495,478
1,390,335	92.97%
59,107	3.95%
1,776	0.12%
13,784	0.92%
n/a
30,476	2.04%
105,143	7.03%

1980
1,364,855
1,286,393	94.25%
50,318	3.69%
1,108	0.08%
7,841	0.57%
n/a
18,372	1.35%
78,462	5.75%

1970
1,221,504
1,169,456	95.74%
41,410	3.39%
468	0.04%
1,170	0.10%
n/a
8,327	0.68%
52,048	4.26%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
203,596	11.2
160,658	8.9
-745	-0.0
37,486	2.1

5,095	0.3
102,597	5.7

Number	Rate
2000's
199,511	12.1
144,646	8.8
67,933	4.1
20,431	1.2

67,407	4.1
100,369	6.1

Number	Rate
1990's
209,492	14.0
141,256	9.4
38,365	2.6
13,760	0.9

76,972	5.1
69,959	4.7

Number	Rate
1980's
201,480	14.8
126,287	9.3
60,462	4.4
n/a

103,942	7.6
26,681	2.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
57,137	4.7
n/a

116,937	9.6
26,414	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.4
423,112	10.9%
1,549,345	78.5%
359,826	9.2%

750,263
2.49

502,637	67.0%
394,259	78.4%
40,147	8.0%
247,626	33.0%

2010
Number	Percent
39.7
422,562	23.3%
1,387,623	76.7%
270,177	14.9%

702,745
2.50

479,715	68.3%
376,856	78.6%
41,801	8.7%
223,030	31.7%

2000
Number	Percent
?
813,512	49.5%
828,897	50.5%
467,960	28.5%

1,261,616
2.52

886,320	70.3%
725,766	81.9%
69,016	7.8%
375,296	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.1
368,072	24.6%
1,127,406	75.4%
202,491	13.5%

559,769
2.60

407,366	72.8%
344,372	84.5%
25,660	6.3%
152,403	27.2%

1980
Number	Percent
31.2
374,565	27.4%
990,290	72.6%
160,192	11.7%

483,731
2.75

367,977	76.1%
318,770	86.6%
21,853	5.9%
115,754	23.9%

2022 Housing Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	27,973	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	20,220	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	21,899	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	25,075	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	25,234	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	26,536	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	27,182	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	28,141	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	26,949	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	55,094	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	79,145	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	109,406	14.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	86,459	11.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	61,003	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	66,763	8.9%
$200,000 or more	63,184	8.4%

Median Household Income	77,742
Per Capita Income	39,239

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	32,750	4.4%
Public Assistance	20,955	2.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	79,361	10.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	819,611	76.1%
Unemployed	31,292	2.9%
In Armed Forces	2,058	0.2%

Total Labor Force	852,961	79.2%
Not in Labor Force	224,242	20.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	365,000	289,788	55.7%
Non-Profit	34,412	73,973	31.7%
Self-Employed	54,276	26,293	67.4%

Local Government	22,145	30,326	42.2%
State Government	18,276	20,741	46.8%
Federal Government	15,394	8,305	65.0%

Total Private + Self	419,276	316,081	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	90,227	133,345	40.4%
Total	509,503	449,426	53.1%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	148,203	15.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	196,236	20.4%
Professional, Technical	212,545	22.1%
Service Occupations	149,763	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,927	0.6%
All others	253,864	26.4%

White Collar		58.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	148,214	15.4%
Manufacturing	126,252	13.1%
Retail trade	111,413	11.6%
Educational services	77,330	8.1%
Construction	67,170	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	56,919	5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	55,518	5.8%
Transportation and warehousing	54,693	5.7%
Public administration	48,613	5.1%
Other services	46,272	4.8%
Finance and insurance	42,287	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	33,314	3.5%
Wholesale trade	28,730	3.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	15,156	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	14,735	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12,828	1.3%
Information	11,424	1.2%
Utilities	7,474	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,213	0.1%
Management	1,056	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	25,991	1.35%
Puerto Rican	95,024	4.95%
Cuban	5,182	0.27%
Dominican	20,218	1.05%

Total Central American	7,972	0.41%
Costa Rican	188	0.01%
Guatemalan	2,486	0.13%
Honduran	1,291	0.07%
Nicaraguan	360	0.02%
Panamanian	1,018	0.05%
Salvadoran	2,629	0.14%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	11,373	0.59%
Argentinean	842	0.04%
Bolivian	194	0.01%
Chilean	826	0.04%
Colombian	3,527	0.18%
Ecuadorian	1,517	0.08%
Paraguayan	91	0.00%
Peruvian	3,259	0.17%
Uruguayan	496	0.03%
Venezuelan	621	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	8,550	0.45%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	14,077	0.73%
Chinese	7,986	0.42%
Vietnamese	7,305	0.38%
Filipino	3,610	0.19%
Bhutanese	2,253	0.12%
Korean	2,241	0.12%
Cambodian	1,118	0.06%
Laotian	960	0.05%
Japanese	900	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,599,639	88.3%
Spanish	97,356	5.4%
German, other Germanic	45,422	2.5%
Other Indo-European	21,073	1.2%
Other Asian	8,119	0.4%
Other	7,474	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	7,229	0.4%
Vietnamese	5,824	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	5,517	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	571,645	29.8%
Irish	214,511	11.2%
English	152,198	7.9%
American	123,711	6.4%
Italian	119,042	6.2%
Polish	53,320	2.8%
French	30,139	1.6%
Swiss	29,274	1.5%
Pennsylvania German	28,206	1.5%
Scottish	28,179	1.5%
European	25,429	1.3%
Dutch	20,871	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	20,434	1.1%
Welsh	17,752	0.9%
Swedish	12,323	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,876,771	97.7%
Not a citizen	44,343	2.3%

Native	1,817,398	94.6%
Foreign-born	103,716	5.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
53,250	4.0%	84,186	6.3%	483,426	36.4%	319,978	24.1%	244,515	18.4%	143,605	10.8%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	53,250	4.0%
9-12 Years	84,186	6.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	483,426	36.4%
Some College	319,978	24.1%
Bach. Degree	244,515	18.4%
Grad Degree	143,605	10.8%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	809,831	772,096	37,735	4.7%
1991	813,513	771,437	42,076	5.2%
1992	823,242	778,175	45,067	5.5%
1993	824,109	785,767	38,342	4.7%
1994	828,722	793,578	35,144	4.2%
1995	842,911	809,322	33,589	4.0%
1996	862,274	828,053	34,221	4.0%
1997	873,549	842,288	31,261	3.6%
1998	874,168	844,665	29,503	3.4%
1999	878,516	848,773	29,743	3.4%

2000	877,845	849,351	28,494	3.2%
2001	890,203	854,984	35,219	4.0%
2002	902,015	861,856	40,159	4.5%
2003	893,443	852,706	40,737	4.6%
2004	912,732	874,103	38,629	4.2%
2005	925,922	889,083	36,839	4.0%
2006	932,925	897,452	35,473	3.8%
2007	941,871	906,473	35,398	3.8%
2008	955,919	912,623	43,296	4.5%
2009	945,485	875,675	69,810	7.4%

2010	943,619	872,212	71,407	7.6%
2011	941,364	875,772	65,592	7.0%
2012	950,981	886,724	64,257	6.8%
2013	949,668	891,311	58,357	6.1%
2014	949,756	901,879	47,877	5.0%
2015	960,157	916,908	43,249	4.5%
2016	969,513	927,139	42,374	4.4%
2017	969,027	928,382	40,645	4.2%
2018	974,171	937,330	36,841	3.8%
2019	985,344	948,205	37,139	3.8%

2020	973,294	898,317	74,977	7.7%
2021	987,911	938,648	49,263	5.0%
2022	996,256	959,533	36,723	3.7%
2023	1,005,091	976,197	28,894	2.9%
2024	1,007,093	975,050	32,043	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	793,930
Median Value	$231,301

Occupied	750,263	94.5%
Vacant	43,667	5.5%

Owned	533,963	71.2%
Rented	216,300	28.8%
Median Rent	$1,107

Single-Family Units	618,176	77.9%
Detached	476,583	60.0%
Attached	141,593	17.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	85,993	10.8%
Mobile Homes	34,177	4.3%

Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA Market Area