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Reading city, Pennsylvania

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Table

	Reading city, Pennsylvania
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population Estimates, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 94,844
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 NA
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021)	 95,097
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 -0.3%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	95,112
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	88,082
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 8.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 29.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 10.5%
Female persons, percent	 51.8%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 43.0%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 12.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 0.8%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent	 17.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 66.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 21.4%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017-2021	2,799
Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-2021	19.0%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	X
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021	39.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021	$83,100
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021	$1,097
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021	$463
Median gross rent, 2017-2021	$843
Building permits, 2021	X
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017-2021	32,380
Persons per household, 2017-2021	2.82
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021	79.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021	52.9%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021	86.3%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021	77.8%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	10.8%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021	16.4%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 11.8%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	61.0%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	55.0%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	122,475
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	342,675
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	126,617
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	827,660
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$9,389
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021	24.6
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$38,738
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$18,557
Persons in poverty, percent	 29.3%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2020	X
Total employment, 2020	X
Total annual payroll, 2020 ($1,000)	X
Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020	X
Total nonemployer establishments, 2019	X
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,017
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	604
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	65
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	S
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	606
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	36
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	728

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	9,662.9
Population per square mile, 2010	8,911.9
Land area in square miles, 2020	9.84
Land area in square miles, 2010	9.88
FIPS Code	4263624

About datasets used in this table

Value Notes

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Fact Notes

(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories

Value Flags

-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
FFewer than 25 firms
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
XNot applicable
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
NANot available
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.