- State:PennsylvaniaCounty:Lancaster CountyZips:17504,17552,17564,17533,17564,17575,17503,17521,17606,17580,17585,17570,17605,17528,17568,17608,17537,17538,17550,17567,17518,17604,17576,17506,17507,17508,17581,17565,17502,17582,17532,19501,17536,17560,17534,17563,17535,17516,17501,17509,17505,17547,17562,17555,17520,17538,17529,17572,17569,17578,17554,17519,17551,17579,17527,17584,17517,17512,17540,17566,17552,17557,17022,17545,17543,17522,17602,17603,17601Coordinates:40.04243048880853, -76.24769678687028Area total:983.80 sq. mi., 2548.03 sq. km, 629632.00 acresArea land:943.92 sq. mi., 2444.75 sq. km, 604111.36 acresArea water:39.88 sq. mi., 103.28 sq. km, 25520.64 acresEstablished:1729Capital seat:
Lancaster
Address: 150 North Queen Street
County Government Center
Lancaster, PA
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Population:552,984; Population change: 6.46% (2010 - 2020)Population density:586 persons per square mileHousehold income:$53,967Households:188,959Unemployment rate:7.50% per 281,736 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%Income taxes:3.57%GDP:$26.88 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Lancaster County's population of Pennsylvania of 196,882 residents in 1930 has increased 2,81-fold to 552,984 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.00% female residents and 49.00% male residents live in as of 2020, 62.02% in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 37.98% are single population.
As of 2020, 62.02% in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 37.98% are single population.
- Housing units:216,502 residential units of which 95.36% share occupied residential units.
23.5 minutes is the average time that residents in Lancaster County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
78.81% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 10.02% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.08% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.88% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 68.48% are owner-occupied homes, another 27.55% are rented apartments, and the remaining 3.97% are vacant.
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The 46.08% of the population in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 55.210%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 43.440%) of those eligible to vote in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
