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==Demographics== {{US Census population | 1790 = 486 | 1800 = 573 | 1810 = 710 | 1820 = 1132 | 1830 = 1757 | 1840 = 2493 | 1850 = 3703 | 1860 = 8025 | 1870 = 13884 | 1880 = 18063 | 1890 = 25288 | 1900 = 35416 | 1910 = 51913 | 1920 = 73502 | 1930 = 92563 | 1940 = 96904 | 1950 = 106756 | 1960 = 108347 | 1970 = 109871 | 1980 = 103758 | 1990 = 105090 | 2000 = 106632 | 2010 = 118032 | 2020 = 125845 | estyear = 2024 | estimate = 127138 | footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626105142/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web |url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108 |title=Census Population API |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109154513/https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108 |url-status=live}}</ref> }} ===2020 census=== As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], Allentown had a population of 125,845, making it the third-most populous city in the state after [[Philadelphia]] and [[Pittsburgh]]. As of 2020, 54.2% were Hispanic/Latino, 30.2% non-Hispanic White, 10.4% non-Hispanic Black, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Native American or Pacific Islander, and 3.2% were mixed race or other.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Allentown+city,+Pennsylvania+&y=2020&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |title=Explore Census Data |website=Data.census.gov |access-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509220128/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Allentown+city,+Pennsylvania+&y=2020&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status=live}}</ref> A decade earlier, in 2010, Allentown had 42,032 households, including 28.8% with children under age 18, 39.4% who were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.1% who had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.2% who were non-families. Among all households as of 2010, 33.1% were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The city's average household size is 2.42 and average family size is 3.09. As of 2000, the city's population density was {{convert|6,011.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, and there were 45,960 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,591.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. As of 2010, Allentown's population broken down by age ranges was: 24.8% under 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% 65 years or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $52,449. Males had a median income of $30,426 versus $23,882 for females. [[Per capita income]] in Allentown, as of 2010, was $16,282 with 18.5% of the total city population and 14.6% of families in the city below the [[poverty line]]. As of 2010, city residents living beneath the poverty line included 29.4% of those under age 18 and 10% of those over age age 65. As of February 2010, the unemployment rate for the larger [[Lehigh Valley]] metropolitan area was 9.8%, and Allentown's unemployment rate was slightly higher at over 10%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.lehighvalleylive.com/today_impact/other/december09unemployment.pdf |title=A-B-E UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP IN DECEMBER |website=Media.lehighvalleylive.com |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207154915/http://media.lehighvalleylive.com/today_impact/other/december09unemployment.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> ===Crime=== In 2020, according to the city, there were 4,283 Part 1 crimes, including homicides, non-fatal shootings, rapes, robberies, burglary, larcenies, motor vehicle thefts, and acts of arson. In 2020, reported non-fatal shootings, rapes, robberies, burglaries, and larcenies in the city fell compared to 2019. Motor vehicle thefts and arsons, however, increased. In 2020, there were nine homicides, unchanged from those in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allentownpa.gov/Home/News-Details/ID/1527/City-Serious-Crime-Rate-Falls |title=City Serious Crime Rate Falls |website=Allentownpa.gov |access-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-date=April 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416040208/https://www.allentownpa.gov/Home/News-Details/ID/1527/City-Serious-Crime-Rate-Falls |url-status=live}}</ref> On June 20, 2019, two rival gangs, the [[Bloods]] and [[Latin Kings]], shot 10 people when the two gangs exchanged gunfire outside Deja Vu nightclub on [[Hamilton Street]].<ref>[https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-allentown-deja-vu-nightclub-shooting-sentence-20210517-kx5kuhe5qvfavnghbsndi7rsnq-story.html "Bloods gang member who returned fire at Latin Kings during 2019 mass shooting at Allentown Deja Vu nightclub gets state prison sentence,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430184426/https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-allentown-deja-vu-nightclub-shooting-sentence-20210517-kx5kuhe5qvfavnghbsndi7rsnq-story.html |date=April 30, 2022 }} ''The Morning Call'', May 17, 2021</ref> ===Hispanic population growth=== The city's [[Hispanic]] population, comprised primarily of [[Dominica|Dominicans]] and [[Puerto Ricans]], has grown notably over the past three decades from an estimated 12 percent of the city's population in 1990 to an estimated 55 percent as of 2024.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5126662/harris-trump-lehigh-valley-northampton-pa-boomerang "The Lehigh Valley has changed drastically. Now, it could swing Pennsylvania." [[NPR]], November 3, 2024</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Allentown city, Pennsylvania β Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 1980<ref>{{Cite web |title=1980 census of population. Characteristics of the population. General Social and Economic Characteristic. |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/pennsylvania/1980censusofpopu80140un_bw.pdf |access-date=September 2, 2024}}</ref> !Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pennsylvania: 1990, Part 1 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-40-1.pdf |access-date=September 2, 2024}}</ref> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race β 2000: DEC Summary File 1 β Allentown city, Pennsylvania |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4202000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race β 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) β Allentown city, Pennsylvania |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4202000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race β 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) β Allentown city, Pennsylvania |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4202000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref> !% 1980 !% 1990 !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |94,508 |86,510 |68,621 |50,964 |style='background: #ffffe6; |38,033 |91.09% |82.32% |64.35% |43.18% |style='background: #ffffe6; |30.22% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |3,047 |4,639 |7,284 |11,336 |style='background: #ffffe6; |13,193 |2.94% |4.41% |6.83% |9.60% |style='background: #ffffe6; |10.48% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |111 |126 |165 |200 |style='background: #ffffe6; |150 |0.11% |0.12% |0.15% |0.17% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |693 |1,363 |2,375 |2,452 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2,498 |0.67% |1.30% |2.23% |2.08% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.98% |- |[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |N/A |N/A |49 |11 |style='background: #ffffe6; |28 |N/A |N/A |0.05% |0.01% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) |105 |178 |136 |224 |style='background: #ffffe6; |805 |0.10% |0.17% |0.13% |0.19% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.64% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH) |N/A |N/A |1,944 |2,384 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2,906 |N/A |N/A |1.82% |2.02% |style='background: #ffffe6; |2.31% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |5,294 |12,274 |26,058 |50,461 |style='background: #ffffe6; |68,232 |5.10% |11.68% |24.44% |42.75% |style='background: #ffffe6; |54.22% |- |'''Total''' |'''103,758''' |'''105,090''' |'''106,632''' |'''118,032''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''125,845''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}
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