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WELCOME
By the numbers, Northampton County
Geography Education 11,780 People unemployed A few of the
6,745 Self-employed workers guitars on display
369.67 Square miles 88.7 Percent of population with a high at the Martin
805.4 Persons per square mile school degree or higher Lifestyle Guitar Museum in
26.6 Percent of population with a bachelor’s Upper Nazareth
Population degree or higher Males 15 and older Township. The
40,167 Never married museum has
298,439 Northampton County The Working Life 64,312 Married more than 1,400
75,018 Bethlehem 2,149 Separated items in its collec-
27,073 Easton 27.3 Mean travel time to work 3,354 Widowed tion.
5 Percent of persons under 5 83.7 Percent of workers drive to work alone 9,361 Divorced
19.5 Percent of persons between 5-19 3,150 Persons walk to work Females 15 and older April Bartholomew/
16.2 Percent persons 65 or over $60,097 Median household earnings 33,475 Never married The Morning Call
51.1 Percent female $52,468 Male full-time earnings 63,218 Married
$40,547 Female full-time earnings 3,369 Separated 14,230 Widowed
Looking Closer 154,221 People in the labor force 12,744 Divorced
3,387 Women who gave birth
41.2 Median Age 6,116 Grandparents who live with
3.07 Average family size grandchildren
179,258 Number born in Pennsylvania By Race
20,137 Number of people born in a foreign 88.7 Percent of white persons
country 11.7 Percent of Hispanic or Latino persons
87.6 Percent of the population that speak 6.1 Percent black persons
English only 2.8 Percent Asian persons
12.4 Percent of the population that speak a 0.3 Percent American Indian
language other than English 1.9 Percent reporting two or more races
Housing SOURCE: WWW.CENSUS.GOV
120,669 Total housing units
73.1 Percent of homeowners
$212,000 Median value, owner-occupied
$1,686 Median mortgage
$923 Median rent costs
2.56 Persons per household
9.7 Percent of persons living below poverty
Bethlehem Easton
CELEBRATES ITS HISTORY HONORING HISTORY, AND MOVING FORWARD
As the story goes, the religious group, the ■ Chuck Bednarik, former professional History abounds in Easton, a city founded at just one of the projects that is spurring the
Moravians, christened their settlement as football player, Philadelphia Eagles the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers by city’s revitalization.
Bethlehem on Christmas Eve 1741. After that, ■ Jonathan Frakes, director and actor, “Star Thomas Penn, son of William Penn. When Who’s from Easton?
these settlers built homes of hewn white oak Trek: The Next Generation.” the Penn family signed a deed for some of the ■ Jack Coleman – actor, NBC’s “Heroes”
logs on 500 acres surrounding the Monocacy ■ Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, professional land to John Bachman, a builder, they were ■ Michael F. Flynn, science fiction writer
Creek. They located their trades along the wrestler and actor. welcoming George Taylor, a signer of the ■ Larry Holmes – former world heavyweight
creek and the Lehigh River, and their ■ Stephen Vincent Benét, American writer Declaration of Independence, into the boxing champion (fought under nickname
institutions along the limestone bluff on what ■ Jimmy DeGrasso, drummer, Alice Cooper community. Taylor lived in the house “The Easton Assassin”)
is now Church Street. This history has endured band, former drummer, Megadeth Bachman built, and it was also a tavern for ■ Daniel Dae Kim – actor, ABC’s “Lost” and
and woven the intricate architectural and ■ Mel Harris, actress, ABC’s 1980s sitcom many years — visited by George Washington CBS’s “Hawaii Five-O”
cultural essence of the city, even to this day. “thirtysomething” and Ben Franklin. The city was laid out in a ■ Kristen McMenamy – fashion model
Bethlehem is a blend of dignified colonial ■ John Spagnola, former pro football player, grid radiating from Centre Square, which was ■ Mulgrew Miller – jazz pianist
landmarks and urban growth. Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and constructed about 1765. The square is the site ■ Sally Jessy Raphaël – television talk show
Who’s from Bethlehem? Seattle Seahawks of the oldest, continuously operating farmers host
■ Michael Andretti, professional racing team ■ Gelsey Kirkland, ballerina, who joined the market — started in 1791 — and still serves ■ George Taylor – signatory to the Declaration
owner, former professional race car driver American Ballet in 1974 as a principal dancer as the hub of the city’s farmers market today. of Independence
opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov The expansion of the Crayola Experience is
WELCOME
By the numbers, Northampton County
Geography Education 11,780 People unemployed A few of the
6,745 Self-employed workers guitars on display
369.67 Square miles 88.7 Percent of population with a high at the Martin
805.4 Persons per square mile school degree or higher Lifestyle Guitar Museum in
26.6 Percent of population with a bachelor’s Upper Nazareth
Population degree or higher Males 15 and older Township. The
40,167 Never married museum has
298,439 Northampton County The Working Life 64,312 Married more than 1,400
75,018 Bethlehem 2,149 Separated items in its collec-
27,073 Easton 27.3 Mean travel time to work 3,354 Widowed tion.
5 Percent of persons under 5 83.7 Percent of workers drive to work alone 9,361 Divorced
19.5 Percent of persons between 5-19 3,150 Persons walk to work Females 15 and older April Bartholomew/
16.2 Percent persons 65 or over $60,097 Median household earnings 33,475 Never married The Morning Call
51.1 Percent female $52,468 Male full-time earnings 63,218 Married
$40,547 Female full-time earnings 3,369 Separated 14,230 Widowed
Looking Closer 154,221 People in the labor force 12,744 Divorced
3,387 Women who gave birth
41.2 Median Age 6,116 Grandparents who live with
3.07 Average family size grandchildren
179,258 Number born in Pennsylvania By Race
20,137 Number of people born in a foreign 88.7 Percent of white persons
country 11.7 Percent of Hispanic or Latino persons
87.6 Percent of the population that speak 6.1 Percent black persons
English only 2.8 Percent Asian persons
12.4 Percent of the population that speak a 0.3 Percent American Indian
language other than English 1.9 Percent reporting two or more races
Housing SOURCE: WWW.CENSUS.GOV
120,669 Total housing units
73.1 Percent of homeowners
$212,000 Median value, owner-occupied
$1,686 Median mortgage
$923 Median rent costs
2.56 Persons per household
9.7 Percent of persons living below poverty
Bethlehem Easton
CELEBRATES ITS HISTORY HONORING HISTORY, AND MOVING FORWARD
As the story goes, the religious group, the ■ Chuck Bednarik, former professional History abounds in Easton, a city founded at just one of the projects that is spurring the
Moravians, christened their settlement as football player, Philadelphia Eagles the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers by city’s revitalization.
Bethlehem on Christmas Eve 1741. After that, ■ Jonathan Frakes, director and actor, “Star Thomas Penn, son of William Penn. When Who’s from Easton?
these settlers built homes of hewn white oak Trek: The Next Generation.” the Penn family signed a deed for some of the ■ Jack Coleman – actor, NBC’s “Heroes”
logs on 500 acres surrounding the Monocacy ■ Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, professional land to John Bachman, a builder, they were ■ Michael F. Flynn, science fiction writer
Creek. They located their trades along the wrestler and actor. welcoming George Taylor, a signer of the ■ Larry Holmes – former world heavyweight
creek and the Lehigh River, and their ■ Stephen Vincent Benét, American writer Declaration of Independence, into the boxing champion (fought under nickname
institutions along the limestone bluff on what ■ Jimmy DeGrasso, drummer, Alice Cooper community. Taylor lived in the house “The Easton Assassin”)
is now Church Street. This history has endured band, former drummer, Megadeth Bachman built, and it was also a tavern for ■ Daniel Dae Kim – actor, ABC’s “Lost” and
and woven the intricate architectural and ■ Mel Harris, actress, ABC’s 1980s sitcom many years — visited by George Washington CBS’s “Hawaii Five-O”
cultural essence of the city, even to this day. “thirtysomething” and Ben Franklin. The city was laid out in a ■ Kristen McMenamy – fashion model
Bethlehem is a blend of dignified colonial ■ John Spagnola, former pro football player, grid radiating from Centre Square, which was ■ Mulgrew Miller – jazz pianist
landmarks and urban growth. Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and constructed about 1765. The square is the site ■ Sally Jessy Raphaël – television talk show
Who’s from Bethlehem? Seattle Seahawks of the oldest, continuously operating farmers host
■ Michael Andretti, professional racing team ■ Gelsey Kirkland, ballerina, who joined the market — started in 1791 — and still serves ■ George Taylor – signatory to the Declaration
owner, former professional race car driver American Ballet in 1974 as a principal dancer as the hub of the city’s farmers market today. of Independence
opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov The expansion of the Crayola Experience is
