Lehighton Borough, Pennsylvania

Lehighton Borough is a borough located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, in the Northeastern Region (Mid-Atlantic) of United States. Lehighton Borough had an official population of 5537 in 2000. The July 2008 population estimate is 5428, It is Pennsylvania's 249th largest by population . The borough has a total area of 1.75 sq mi (4.53 kmē), of which, 1.71 square miles (4.43 kmē) of it is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 kmē) of it is water, it is the 440th largest in terms of geographical size.

According to 2000 Census Bureau, there were 5537 people, 2362 households, and 1508 families living in the borough. The population density was 3230.8 people per square mile (1247.42/kmē), it is 353rd most densely populated borough in Pennsylvania. There were 2546 housing units at an average density of 1488.9 per square mile (574.87/kmē). The average household size was 2.31 persons, and the average family size was 2.87 persons. In the borough Population was distributed with 22.6% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males. The median age was 40.1 years, The median age of males and females living in Lehighton Borough was 38.3 and 42.1 years respectively. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.32% White, 0.34% Black or African American, 0.05% American Indian, 0.45% Asian, 0.09% Native Hawaiian, 0.7% from two or more races and 0.04% Other races.

Lehighton borough Pennsylvania Population 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Population 2000-2008
Lehighton borough Pennsylvania School Enrollment
School Enrollment 2000
Lehighton Borough Pennsylvania GDP
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The median income for a household in the borough was $28566, it is the 298th poorest borough in terms of median household income. The median income for a family in the borough was $35673, it is the 286th lowest borough by median family income in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The per capita income for the borough was $14861, making it the 314th lowest borough by per capita income in Pennsylvania. The median income of borough was $20769, The median income for males was $26466 versus $14390 for females.

In 2000, 1133 pupils and students, of which 51.19% are male and 48.81% are female, 20.46% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 3.27% nursery or pri school, 10.15% kindergarten, 46.87% elementary school, 18.8% high school and 20.92% College graduate school.

YearPopulation
April 2000 census5537
April 2000 Estimate5537
July 2000 Estimate5530
July 2001 Estimate5526
July 2002 Estimate5513
July 2003 Estimate5496
July 2004 Estimate5487
July 2005 Estimate5486
July 2006 Estimate5453
July 2007 Estimate5460
July 2008 Estimate5428
SchoolMaleFemaleTotal
Nursery school251237
Kindergarten6550115
Elementary school266265531
High school11994213
College or graduate school105132237
PlaceMedian household incomeMedian family incomePer capita income
Lehighton borough, Pennsylvania$28566$35673$14861
Carbon County, Pennsylvania$35113$42118$17064
Pennsylvania, United States$40106$49184$20880
United States$41994$50046$21587