Lehigh County is located in east central Pennsylvania. The County Seat is Allentown and the largest city is Allentown. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.lehighcounty.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 357,823 and the 2010 census population was 349,626. The land area is 345.17 square miles and there are 1012.5 persons per square mile.
85.1% of the population is White, 8.2% is Black or African American, 20.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% is Asian, 0.8% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.3% is two or more races. 86.8% have a high school degree or higher, and 28.1% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $196,600, there are 133,289 households, an average of 2.57 persons per household. The per capita income is $27,923, the median household income is $54,923, and 13.7% of the persons in Lehigh County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 27,183. Retail sales (in $1000) were $5,081,208, and sales per capita were $15,047. The percentage of black-owned firms is 4.6%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 29.5%.
If you find a broken link below, please use the Report a Broken Link form to let us know.
Lehigh County Official website of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania offers government contacts, officials, departments, courts, activities, schools, libraries, bids, announcements, etc. |
Court Calendars Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas upcoming civil, criminal, juvenile, domestic relations, family, and orphan's court schedules and calendars. |
Court of Common Pleas Opinions Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas opinions, searchable by opinion title or keyword. |
Court Records - Criminal Lehigh County Common Pleas cases from the PA Unified Judicial System. Find admin, criminal, summary & appeal cases in their docket search. |
Polling Places Lehigh County Election Office interactive polling place map. |
Property Lehigh County Assessment Department property records. |
Recorded Documents Pay Site Lehigh County deeds, mortgages, Wills, and other recorded documents. |
Recorded Documents Search Lehigh County recorded documents (deeds, liens, mortgages, court records, marriages, etc.) since 1984. Basic information is free; document copies require a fee. |
Sheriff Sales Lists of upcoming Sheriff and tax sales in Lehigh County. |
Voter Registration Search for your Lehigh County voter registration status by county, name, and birth date. |
Do a comprehensive background search of over 500 million court, inmate, corrections, offender, and fugitive records.