Bethlehem, PA Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (male): 35,503

Population (female): 40,204

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $970.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Bethlehem: 100.0 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 17.9%

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Pennsylvania and other state lists, there were 82 registered sex offenders living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as of January 18, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Bethlehem is 921 to 1.The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (13.1%), American (6.4%), Italian (5.8%), Irish (4.2%), English (2.4%), Pennsylvania German (2.3%).

Elevation: 360 feet

Population Density:

On Christmas Eve in 1741, David Nitschmann and Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, leading a small group of Moravians, founded the mission community of Bethlehem along the banks of the Monocacy Creek by the Lehigh River in the colony of Pennsylvania. They came to set up missionary communities among the Native Americans and unchurched German-speaking Christians. They named the settlement after the Biblical town Bethlehem of Judea, the birthplace of Jesus. "Count Zinzendorf said, 'Brothers, how more fittingly could we call our new home than to name it in honor of the spot where the event we now commemorate took place. We will call this place Bethlehem.' And so was Bethlehem named after the birthplace of the Man of Peace.'" (from a letter by Gordon Dent to Mr. T. Donald Bain March 3, 1965 quoting from "Story of Bethlehem Steel" by Arundel Cotter, more details are given in this article) Originally it was a typical Moravian Settlement Congregation, where the Church owned all the property. Until the 1850s, supposedly only members of the Moravian Church were permitted to lease land plots in Bethlehem. However, a member of a group of families that were part of a Huguenot settlement in the Delaware River Valley also landed in Bethlehem, and a decade or two before 1800 had established grist and saw mills known as Calvin's Mills. One member of this family was part of the Bethlehem Township council from 1798 to 1802. The historic Brethren's House, Sisters' House, Widows' House and Gemeinhaus (Congregation House) with the Old Chapel are remnants of this period of communal living.

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Allentown, PA 18109
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Easton, PA 18042
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ALLENTOWN, PA 18104
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Emmaus, PA 18049
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Allentown, PA 18103
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Nazareth, PA 18064
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ALLENTOWN, PA 18103
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400 N 17TH ST STE 207 FAIRGROUNDS MEDICAL CENTER
ALLENTOWN, PA 18104
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ALLENTOWN, PA 18104
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EASTON, PA 18040
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ALLENTOWN, PA 18104
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ALLENTOWN, PA 18104
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EASTON, PA 18040
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ALLENTOWN, PA 18104
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PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 8865
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PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 8865
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Quakertown, PA 18951
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Macungie, PA 18062
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QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951
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Phillipsburg, PA 8865
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PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 8865
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TREXLERTOWN, PA 18087
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ALLENTOWN, PA 18106
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WIND GAP, PA 18091
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WIND GAP, PA 18091
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East Greenville, PA 18041
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PENNSBURG, PA 18073
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PALMERTON, PA 18071
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SELLERSVILLE, PA 18960
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Bangor, PA 18013
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Brodheadsville, PA 18322
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Barto, PA 19504
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BELVIDERE, NJ 7823
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Souderton, PA 18964
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DOYLESTOWN, PA 18901
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Lehighton, PA 18235
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LEHIGHTON, PA 18235
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WASHINGTON, NJ 7882
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Doylestown, PA 18901
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Comprehensive Online Resources for Drug Testing

  1. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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  5. SAMHSA: Drug Testing Resources for the Workplace

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  10. National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)

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  11. CDC: Workplace Health Promotion

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  12. Mayo Clinic: Drug Testing

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Local Area Info: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, and Scranton. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County, and 19,343 were in Lehigh County.

Bethlehem lies in the center of the Lehigh Valley, a region of 731 sq mi (1,890 km2) that is home to more than 800,000 people. Together with Allentown and Easton, the Valley embraces the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area, including Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties within Pennsylvania, and Warren County in the adjacent state of New Jersey. Smaller than Allentown but larger than Easton, Bethlehem is the Lehigh Valley's second most populous city. In turn, this metropolitan area comprises Pennsylvania's third-largest metropolitan area and the state's largest and most populous contribution to the greater New York City metropolitan area.

There are four general sections of the city: central Bethlehem, the south side, the east side, and the west side. Each of these sections blossomed at different times in the city's development and each contains areas recognized under the National Register of Historic Places. ZIP codes that use the address Bethlehem totaled 116,000 in population in the year 2000. These ZIP codes include Bethlehem Township and Hanover Township.

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Population (male): 35,503

Population (female): 40,204

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $970.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Bethlehem: 100.0 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 17.9%

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Pennsylvania and other state lists, there were 82 registered sex offenders living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as of January 18, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Bethlehem is 921 to 1.The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (13.1%), American (6.4%), Italian (5.8%), Irish (4.2%), English (2.4%), Pennsylvania German (2.3%).

Elevation: 360 feet

Population Density:

On Christmas Eve in 1741, David Nitschmann and Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, leading a small group of Moravians, founded the mission community of Bethlehem along the banks of the Monocacy Creek by the Lehigh River in the colony of Pennsylvania. They came to set up missionary communities among the Native Americans and unchurched German-speaking Christians. They named the settlement after the Biblical town Bethlehem of Judea, the birthplace of Jesus. "Count Zinzendorf said, 'Brothers, how more fittingly could we call our new home than to name it in honor of the spot where the event we now commemorate took place. We will call this place Bethlehem.' And so was Bethlehem named after the birthplace of the Man of Peace.'" (from a letter by Gordon Dent to Mr. T. Donald Bain March 3, 1965 quoting from "Story of Bethlehem Steel" by Arundel Cotter, more details are given in this article) Originally it was a typical Moravian Settlement Congregation, where the Church owned all the property. Until the 1850s, supposedly only members of the Moravian Church were permitted to lease land plots in Bethlehem. However, a member of a group of families that were part of a Huguenot settlement in the Delaware River Valley also landed in Bethlehem, and a decade or two before 1800 had established grist and saw mills known as Calvin's Mills. One member of this family was part of the Bethlehem Township council from 1798 to 1802. The historic Brethren's House, Sisters' House, Widows' House and Gemeinhaus (Congregation House) with the Old Chapel are remnants of this period of communal living.

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