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Reading, PA Metro Area Demographics

Reading, PA Metro Area is the 125th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, 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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Counties in the Reading, PA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Berks County 428,849 856.4 501

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