Editing Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (section)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1850= 1516
|1860= 2866
|1870= 4512
|1880= 5193
|1890= 6762
|1900= 7293
|1910= 12837
|1920= 50358
|1930= 57892
|1940= 58490
|1950= 66340
|1960= 75408
|1970= 72686
|1980= 70419
|1990= 71428
|2000= 71329
|2010= 74982
|2020= 75781
|estyear=2024
|estimate=79453
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|df=mdy|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website|df=mdy|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013|df=mdy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2020|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bethlehemcitypennsylvania/PST045219|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413142149/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bethlehemcitypennsylvania/PST045219|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=Oct 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>
}}

As of the 2020 census,<ref name="GR2" /> there are 75,781 people living in the city. The racial makeup of the city is 72.7% [[White people in the United States|White]], 9.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander]], 3.1% [[Asian American (U.S. Census)|Asian American]], 9.8% from [[Other races (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 7.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race are 29.9% of the population.

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 74,982 people living in the city. There were 31,221 housing units, with 5.9% vacant.  The racial makeup of the city was 76.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 10.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 24.4% of the population.

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 71,329 people living in the city, including 17,094 families and 28,116 households. The population density was {{convert|3,704.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 29,631 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,538.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 81.85% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.64% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.22% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.56% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 18.23% of the population.
There were 28,116 households, out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of 18, 14.4% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $35,815, and the median income for a family was $45,354. Males had a median income of $35,190 versus $25,817 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,987. About 11.1% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

===Crime===
{{Infobox UCR
|city_name=Bethlehem
|year=2018
|homicide=1.3
|forcible_rape=42.2
|robbery=65.9
|aggravated_assault=163.6
|violent_crime=273.0
|burglary=286.2
|larceny_theft=1,329.7
|motor_vehicle_theft=73.9
|arson=6.6
|property_crime=1689.8
|source_url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/pennsylvania.xls
|source_name=2018 FBI UCR Data
|notes=2018 population: 75,809
}}
As of 2018 in the [[Lehigh Valley]], Bethlehem had a lower crime rate than [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], but a higher crime rate than [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]], the Lehigh Valley's third-largest city. In 2018, Bethlehem had a violent crime index of 273.0, while Allentown's violent crime index was 338.4 and Easton's was 254.1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-30 |title=Crime in the U.S. 2018: Table 8 |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-1/table-1.xls |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=FBI Uniform Crime Reports |language=en-us |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320170126/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-1/table-1.xls |url-status=live }}</ref> For reference, the United States' average was 368.9 in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-30 |title=Crime in the U.S. 2018: Table 1 |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/pennsylvania.xls |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=FBI Uniform Crime Reports |language=en-us |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511210245/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/pennsylvania.xls |url-status=live }}</ref>