Archive for the “Data & Trends” category

2010 Census Site Unveiled

by Daniel Klotz on November 10, 2009

The U.S. Census Bureau has launched a new website for the 2010 census, 2010.census.gov. According to reporting from USA Today: The website launches an all-out marketing campaign to get people to fill out their Census questionnaires next April. The population (…)

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June Employment Stats for Lancaster County

by Daniel Klotz on August 16, 2009

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics just released June 2009 employment figures. Here’s how the month stacked up in Lancaster County, compared to the June numbers from the past ten years: Report problems to embedding@chartle.net The movement is much more (…)

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Lancaster County births in 2008

by Daniel Klotz on August 15, 2009

According to preliminary reports [pdf] from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, 7,229 babies were born in Lancaster County in 2008. Only Philadelphia County, Allegheny County, and Montgomery County had more. There were a total of 148,927 births in PA last (…)

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Lancaster County population tops half a million

by Daniel Klotz on March 19, 2009

New data out today from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that Lancaster County’s population officially topped the half-million mark last year. The county grew by 4,415 between July 2007 and July 2008, bumping it from 497,955 residents in 2007 to (…)

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Lancaster City income plummeted 15% BEFORE the crash

by Daniel Klotz on December 9, 2008

In 2007 in Lancaster city, PA, median household income was $31,599. In 1999 it was $37,045 (adjusted to 2007 dollars). That means household income dropped 15% between 1999 and 2007. In that same time, per capita income dropped 9%.