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Berks County, PA Demographics

Berks County, PA is the 9th most populous of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, with 428,849 residents across 856 square miles. That is about 501 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 428,849
Land area 856 sq mi
Density 501 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Central Location: Berks County, PA

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Berks County, PA

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 124 7,853 5.6 1,411
Census Tract 104.02 7,221 57.2 126
Census Tract 130 6,767 26.3 257
Census Tract 120.04 6,757 2.2 3,104
Census Tract 105 6,658 16.0 415
Census Tract 103.04 6,637 19.2 345
Census Tract 133.02 6,555 15.1 434
Census Tract 106.02 6,230 14.8 420
Census Tract 1 6,076 0.3 19,479
Census Tract 109.03 6,062 3.5 1,735
Census Tract 108.03 5,948 1.1 5,378
Census Tract 101 5,915 65.4 90
Census Tract 111.02 5,581 2.1 2,629
Census Tract 116.03 5,538 9.8 562
Census Tract 116.01 5,536 2.0 2,803
Census Tract 114 5,475 1.0 5,479
Census Tract 109.05 5,261 1.1 4,780
Census Tract 102.02 5,209 36.6 142
Census Tract 119.03 5,175 10.8 479
Census Tract 131 5,112 8.4 607
Census Tract 118 5,106 1.3 3,856
Census Tract 127.01 5,076 2.6 1,988
Census Tract 117.05 5,011 23.0 217
Census Tract 121.06 4,914 2.3 2,124
Census Tract 14 4,833 0.1 33,657
Census Tract 119.06 4,810 2.4 1,975
Census Tract 110 4,765 1.1 4,221
Census Tract 107.02 4,722 3.8 1,259
Census Tract 8 4,658 0.1 39,867
Census Tract 123 4,638 4.1 1,124
Census Tract 117.02 4,602 17.7 261
Census Tract 112 4,553 0.6 7,660
Census Tract 116.02 4,545 9.1 502
Census Tract 142.02 4,537 20.4 223
Census Tract 135.03 4,527 3.4 1,342
Census Tract 141.02 4,526 26.0 174
Census Tract 11 4,448 0.3 14,298
Census Tract 102.01 4,444 21.6 206
Census Tract 7 4,361 0.3 14,417
Census Tract 139.01 4,297 64.7 66
Census Tract 117.03 4,288 14.4 298
Census Tract 109.02 4,286 1.2 3,455
Census Tract 128 4,277 0.8 5,283
Census Tract 138 4,270 1.9 2,262
Census Tract 132 4,264 0.8 5,514
Census Tract 127.02 4,201 1.5 2,818
Census Tract 140 4,162 1.6 2,601
Census Tract 4 4,114 0.7 6,079
Census Tract 136 4,049 1.0 3,878
Census Tract 2 4,041 0.8 5,369
Census Tract 134.03 3,998 13.7 293
Census Tract 15 3,897 0.1 39,172
Census Tract 119.02 3,886 23.4 166
Census Tract 137.02 3,835 18.6 207
Census Tract 129.01 3,834 12.2 315
Census Tract 135.01 3,823 16.6 230
Census Tract 129.02 3,810 23.9 160
Census Tract 109.04 3,797 0.8 4,835
Census Tract 5 3,702 0.5 7,947
Census Tract 108.04 3,646 4.3 846
Census Tract 134.04 3,646 16.9 215
Census Tract 137.01 3,603 23.7 152
Census Tract 121.07 3,573 1.5 2,334
Census Tract 13 3,514 0.2 15,680
Census Tract 29 3,511 1.1 3,153
Census Tract 10 3,510 0.1 35,425
Census Tract 25 3,499 0.4 7,841
Census Tract 139.02 3,460 29.1 119
Census Tract 26 3,456 0.6 5,731
Census Tract 6 3,449 0.6 6,116
Census Tract 135.02 3,417 2.2 1,579
Census Tract 119.05 3,411 4.8 703
Census Tract 17 3,353 0.1 22,806
Census Tract 122 3,318 1.1 3,082
Census Tract 21 3,290 0.2 17,505
Census Tract 20.02 3,268 0.2 16,280
Census Tract 121.04 3,130 3.3 936
Census Tract 141.01 3,094 0.4 7,023
Census Tract 142.01 3,071 3.0 1,016
Census Tract 103.02 3,027 18.9 160
Census Tract 9 3,018 0.2 16,663
Census Tract 18 3,006 1.1 2,621
Census Tract 113 3,001 0.6 5,120
Census Tract 134.02 2,973 25.6 116
Census Tract 133.01 2,962 15.3 194
Census Tract 107.01 2,941 10.1 292
Census Tract 115 2,927 0.8 3,832
Census Tract 16 2,869 0.1 29,670
Census Tract 19 2,860 0.1 40,606
Census Tract 106.01 2,776 0.8 3,693
Census Tract 126 2,543 0.8 3,075
Census Tract 111.01 2,530 1.5 1,722
Census Tract 117.04 2,527 10.8 233
Census Tract 121.03 2,500 9.9 252
Census Tract 120.01 2,397 3.2 743
Census Tract 3 2,373 0.6 3,999
Census Tract 23 2,302 0.1 21,788
Census Tract 22 2,282 0.2 10,867
Census Tract 125 2,242 1.4 1,650
Census Tract 120.03 2,195 1.7 1,287

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