2022 population: 556,629 ( 37,184 from 2010 , 3,660 from 2020)
Land area: 943.9 square miles
Population density: 589.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	446,381	80.19%	1.2%
Black:	20,721	3.72%	28.8%
Indian:	694	0.12%	5.5%
Asian:	15,004	2.70%	52.6%
2+ races:	9,319	1.67%	43.0%
Hispanic:	64,510	11.59%	43.6%

Total non-White:	110,248	19.81%	40.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	15,513	14.0
Deaths:	13,604	12.3
Net Migration:	-4	-0.0
Net Immigration:	1,539	1.4

Change in White population:	5,412	1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	31,772	6.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
519,445
440,969	84.89%
16,087	3.10%
658	0.13%
9,834	1.89%
6,519	1.25%
44,930	8.65%
78,476	15.11%

2000
470,658
420,366	89.31%
11,837	2.51%
490	0.10%
6,833	1.45%
4,000	0.85%
26,742	5.68%
50,292	10.69%

1990
422,822
393,751	93.12%
8,821	2.09%
533	0.13%
4,875	1.15%
n/a
14,842	3.51%
29,071	6.88%

1980
362,346
343,561	94.82%
6,673	1.84%
403	0.11%
2,440	0.67%
n/a
9,106	2.51%
18,785	5.18%

1970
319,693
310,088	97.00%
5,303	1.66%
107	0.03%
237	0.07%
n/a
3,714	1.16%
9,605	3.00%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
63,942	13.6
40,627	8.6
10,970	2.3
5,813	1.2

20,603	4.4
28,184	6.0

Number	Rate
1990's
67,345	15.9
38,590	9.1
6,142	1.5
4,625	1.1

26,615	6.3
21,221	5.0

Number	Rate
1980's
61,985	17.1
32,889	9.1
32,039	8.8
n/a

50,190	13.9
10,286	2.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
14,513	4.5
n/a

33,473	10.5
9,180	2.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Lancaster, PA Metro 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
39.0
128,342	23.1%
428,287	76.9%
104,082	18.7%

208,988
2.58

145,561	69.7%
118,944	81.7%
8,561	5.9%
63,427	30.3%

2010
Number	Percent
38.2
129,015	24.8%
390,430	75.2%
77,780	15.0%

193,602
2.62

135,401	69.9%
109,118	80.6%
10,702	7.9%
58,201	30.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
125,269	26.6%
345,389	73.4%
65,902	14.0%

172,780
2.64

124,865	72.3%
104,610	83.8%
8,604	6.9%
47,915	27.7%

1990
Number	Percent
32.8
112,095	26.5%
310,727	73.5%
55,517	13.1%

151,352
2.71

112,965	74.6%
96,892	85.8%
6,516	5.8%
38,387	25.4%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
102,577	28.3%
259,769	71.7%
42,247	11.7%

124,022
2.83

95,865	77.3%
83,666	87.3%
5,199	5.4%
28,157	22.7%

2022 Housing Data for Lancaster, PA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,215	3.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,418	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,488	2.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,743	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,598	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,853	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,876	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,479	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,062	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	14,323	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	22,621	10.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	31,275	15.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	25,576	12.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	18,339	8.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	18,553	8.9%
$200,000 or more	19,569	9.4%

Median Household Income	81,458
Per Capita Income	39,872

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	96

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,914	4.3%
Public Assistance	6,284	3.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	19,553	9.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	230,083	77.9%
Unemployed	7,118	2.4%
In Armed Forces	167	0.1%

Total Labor Force	237,368	80.3%
Not in Labor Force	58,145	19.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	109,920	83,660	56.8%
Non-Profit	10,907	23,544	31.7%
Self-Employed	19,653	8,046	71.0%

Local Government	6,022	8,121	42.6%
State Government	2,945	3,125	48.5%
Federal Government	2,159	1,137	65.5%

Total Private + Self	129,573	91,706	58.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	22,033	35,927	38.0%
Total	151,606	127,633	54.3%

Pct. Govt.	8.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	43,875	15.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	55,605	19.9%
Professional, Technical	60,541	21.6%
Service Occupations	41,941	15.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,210	0.8%
All others	77,837	27.8%

White Collar		57.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	43,461	15.5%
Manufacturing	42,306	15.1%
Retail trade	33,342	11.9%
Educational services	22,987	8.2%
Construction	22,900	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	16,157	5.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	15,863	5.7%
Other services	14,022	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	12,583	4.5%
Finance and insurance	10,447	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,299	3.3%
Wholesale trade	8,184	2.9%
Public administration	6,586	2.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,002	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,007	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,528	1.6%
Information	3,587	1.3%
Utilities	1,912	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	349	0.1%
Management	277	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,067	1.10%
Puerto Rican	37,645	6.80%
Cuban	2,712	0.49%
Dominican	5,755	1.04%

Total Central American	2,591	0.47%
Costa Rican	50	0.01%
Guatemalan	1,002	0.18%
Honduran	519	0.09%
Nicaraguan	200	0.04%
Panamanian	324	0.06%
Salvadoran	496	0.09%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	4,378	0.79%
Argentinean	241	0.04%
Bolivian	93	0.02%
Chilean	137	0.02%
Colombian	1,704	0.31%
Ecuadorian	577	0.10%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	1,210	0.22%
Uruguayan	308	0.06%
Venezuelan	108	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,960	0.54%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	2,937	0.53%
Chinese	2,176	0.39%
Indian	2,019	0.36%
Filipino	1,116	0.20%
Hmong	611	0.11%
Korean	610	0.11%
Bhutanese	519	0.09%
Cambodian	413	0.07%
Laotian	399	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	434,355	83.8%
Spanish	33,961	6.5%
German, other Germanic	31,413	6.1%
Other Indo-European	4,342	0.8%
Other	3,109	0.6%
Vietnamese	2,408	0.5%
Other Asian	2,152	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,073	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,525	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	168,336	30.4%
Irish	55,089	10.0%
English	44,478	8.0%
Italian	32,664	5.9%
American	32,509	5.9%
Swiss	18,252	3.3%
Polish	14,485	2.6%
Pennsylvania German	8,481	1.5%
French	8,473	1.5%
Scottish	7,877	1.4%
European	7,636	1.4%
Dutch	5,591	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	4,905	0.9%
Welsh	4,736	0.9%
Swedish	4,174	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	541,627	97.9%
Not a citizen	11,575	2.1%

Native	522,794	94.5%
Foreign-born	30,408	5.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
23,892	6.4%	24,999	6.7%	129,395	34.5%	82,180	21.9%	73,258	19.5%	41,145	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	23,892	6.4%
9-12 Years	24,999	6.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	129,395	34.5%
Some College	82,180	21.9%
Bach. Degree	73,258	19.5%
Grad Degree	41,145	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	452,332	433,238	19,094	4.2%
1991	450,046	429,394	20,652	4.6%
1992	456,170	434,748	21,422	4.7%
1993	456,842	438,224	18,618	4.1%
1994	460,566	442,926	17,640	3.8%
1995	468,214	451,600	16,614	3.5%
1996	478,414	462,148	16,266	3.4%
1997	491,150	476,586	14,564	3.0%
1998	493,702	479,286	14,416	2.9%
1999	497,038	483,302	13,736	2.8%

2000	502,682	488,358	14,324	2.8%
2001	510,886	493,410	17,476	3.4%
2002	520,434	500,184	20,250	3.9%
2003	514,622	493,292	21,330	4.1%
2004	528,764	508,548	20,216	3.8%
2005	535,560	515,892	19,668	3.7%
2006	534,350	515,176	19,174	3.6%
2007	539,296	520,206	19,090	3.5%
2008	548,068	524,652	23,416	4.3%
2009	539,176	500,656	38,520	7.1%

2010	534,446	495,632	38,814	7.3%
2011	530,984	495,282	35,702	6.7%
2012	537,400	503,146	34,254	6.4%
2013	539,312	507,892	31,420	5.8%
2014	544,518	519,100	25,418	4.7%
2015	552,056	528,934	23,122	4.2%
2016	556,602	533,716	22,886	4.1%
2017	557,590	535,804	21,786	3.9%
2018	564,636	544,786	19,850	3.5%
2019	571,120	551,008	20,112	3.5%

2020	563,472	521,236	42,236	7.5%
2021	574,046	547,076	26,970	4.7%
2022	580,056	559,612	20,444	3.5%
2023	582,522	566,738	15,784	2.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	216,592
Median Value	$263,600

Occupied	208,988	96.5%
Vacant	7,604	3.5%

Owned	146,185	69.9%
Rented	62,803	30.1%
Median Rent	$1,221

Single-Family Units	167,308	77.2%
Detached	121,542	56.1%
Attached	45,766	21.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	26,878	12.4%
Mobile Homes	7,187	3.3%

Lancaster, PA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lancaster, PA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Lancaster, PA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lancaster, PA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lancaster, PA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lancaster, PA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lancaster, PA Metro Area