Berks County, PA [42011] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Reading, PA metropolitan area [39740] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	411,989	412,857	413,522	414,011	414,642	415,261	415,732	417,854	5,865
Births	...	4,869	4,903	4,892	4,895	4,845	4,713	4,696	4,830
Deaths	...	3,664	3,678	3,833	3,706	3,950	3,875	3,774	3,783
Natural Increase	...	1,205	1,225	1,059	1,189	895	838	922	1,048
Net Migration	...	-320	-548	-564	-547	-261	-365	1,216	-198
International	...	1,228	1,099	1,234	1,562	1,660	1,736	1,738	1,465
Domestic	...	-1,548	-1,647	-1,798	-2,109	-1,921	-2,101	-522	-1,664

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	411,989	412,857	413,522	414,011	414,642	415,261	415,732	417,854	5,865
Male	202,150	202,523	203,053	203,442	203,688	204,059	204,432	205,681	3,531
Female	209,839	210,334	210,469	210,569	210,954	211,202	211,300	212,173	2,334
Group Quarters	...	12,280	12,062	11,816	11,841	11,694	11,550	11,553	-610

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	411,989	412,857	413,522	414,011	414,642	415,261	415,732	417,854	5,865
White alone	369,746	369,344	368,995	368,230	367,443	366,613	365,619	366,063	-3,683
Black alone	25,605	26,227	26,685	27,248	27,773	28,364	28,771	29,483	3,878
AIAN alone	2,741	2,844	3,006	3,116	3,168	3,244	3,407	3,516	775
Asian alone	5,821	6,043	6,149	6,251	6,424	6,524	6,659	6,825	1,004
NHOPI alone	581	593	606	629	656	686	707	725	144
Two+ Races	7,495	7,806	8,081	8,537	9,178	9,830	10,569	11,242	3,747
Hispanic (any race)	67,991	70,403	73,002	75,510	78,145	81,229	84,148	87,953	19,962

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	417,854	366,063	29,483	3,516	6,825	725	11,242	87,953
Age 0-4	24,230	19,058	2,805	376	479	115	1,397	9,410
Age 5-9	25,632	20,582	2,671	395	393	72	1,519	9,157
Age 10-14	27,015	22,360	2,380	337	480	43	1,415	8,746
Age 15-19	29,620	24,453	2,823	311	579	58	1,396	8,336
Age 20-24	27,805	22,942	2,640	314	525	54	1,330	8,050
Age 25-29	26,452	22,470	2,490	261	424	61	746	7,085
Age 30-34	24,577	21,264	1,874	263	500	46	630	6,473
Age 35-39	24,515	21,222	1,871	206	470	52	694	6,247
Age 40-44	23,632	20,669	1,637	208	569	35	514	5,321
Age 45-49	27,268	24,189	1,814	182	560	50	473	4,982
Age 50-54	29,779	26,976	1,751	191	440	30	391	4,349
Age 55-59	30,095	27,911	1,408	150	376	39	211	3,129
Age 60-64	26,442	24,695	1,153	106	295	17	176	2,316
Age 65-69	22,491	21,113	844	86	284	7	157	1,653
Age 70-74	17,173	16,274	538	57	201	23	80	1,215
Age 75-79	11,712	11,146	361	21	116	15	53	671
Age 80-84	8,831	8,454	225	30	74	6	42	420
Age 85 up	10,585	10,285	198	22	60	2	18	393

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	4,808	4,820	4,848	4,848	4,850	4,803	4,661	4,646	-162
Age 0101	4,866	4,879	4,843	4,818	4,872	4,836	4,800	4,743	-123
Age 0202	5,117	4,845	4,914	4,888	4,885	4,922	4,891	4,922	-195
Age 0303	5,149	5,081	4,902	4,930	4,911	4,916	4,912	4,944	-205
Age 0404	5,260	5,116	5,125	4,914	4,973	4,942	4,953	4,975	-285
Age 0505	5,332	5,239	5,151	5,158	4,948	5,003	4,968	4,984	-348
Age 0606	5,399	5,316	5,236	5,117	5,203	4,994	5,066	5,062	-337
Age 0707	5,305	5,370	5,293	5,259	5,148	5,237	5,033	5,134	-171
Age 0808	5,374	5,364	5,384	5,320	5,211	5,166	5,247	5,092	-282
Age 0909	5,502	5,386	5,377	5,372	5,370	5,278	5,211	5,360	-142
Age 1010	5,584	5,511	5,386	5,392	5,390	5,374	5,265	5,283	-301
Age 1111	5,579	5,604	5,522	5,399	5,344	5,379	5,397	5,289	-290
Age 1212	5,481	5,600	5,632	5,534	5,382	5,387	5,394	5,470	-11
Age 1313	5,568	5,500	5,631	5,651	5,577	5,428	5,391	5,478	-90
Age 1414	5,613	5,610	5,506	5,675	5,694	5,643	5,468	5,495	-118
Age 1515	5,844	5,595	5,655	5,547	5,688	5,758	5,650	5,552	-292
Age 1616	6,055	5,868	5,629	5,715	5,566	5,758	5,807	5,711	-344
Age 1717	6,158	6,076	5,949	5,693	5,740	5,625	5,798	5,873	-285
Age 1818	6,656	6,569	6,429	6,311	6,108	6,130	5,986	6,163	-493
Age 1919	7,058	7,043	6,865	6,715	6,664	6,380	6,395	6,321	-737
Age 2020	6,499	6,426	6,381	6,234	6,222	6,133	5,885	5,920	-579
Age 2121	5,883	6,087	5,881	5,928	5,847	5,811	5,767	5,578	-305
Age 2222	5,478	5,689	5,847	5,678	5,738	5,629	5,635	5,572	94
Age 2323	4,877	5,327	5,500	5,642	5,437	5,558	5,418	5,385	508
Age 2424	4,769	4,822	5,241	5,525	5,588	5,272	5,392	5,350	581
Age 2525	4,738	4,769	4,819	5,202	5,409	5,486	5,221	5,336	598
Age 2626	4,507	4,734	4,744	4,797	5,169	5,305	5,482	5,260	753
Age 2727	4,705	4,547	4,750	4,812	4,826	5,141	5,263	5,505	800
Age 2828	4,734	4,748	4,592	4,726	4,819	4,873	5,147	5,184	450
Age 2929	4,715	4,800	4,773	4,609	4,775	4,885	4,910	5,167	452
Age 3030	4,835	4,713	4,813	4,756	4,640	4,848	4,910	5,018	183
Age 3131	4,625	4,889	4,658	4,829	4,770	4,638	4,883	4,912	287
Age 3232	4,547	4,642	4,879	4,658	4,847	4,830	4,680	4,973	426
Age 3333	4,501	4,602	4,719	4,953	4,716	4,930	4,885	4,765	264
Age 3434	4,476	4,521	4,626	4,712	4,947	4,757	4,941	4,909	433
Age 3535	4,623	4,472	4,534	4,656	4,726	4,971	4,779	5,030	407
Age 3636	4,681	4,600	4,488	4,566	4,679	4,765	4,982	4,856	175
Age 3737	4,859	4,695	4,594	4,541	4,560	4,701	4,802	5,078	219
Age 3838	5,229	4,859	4,679	4,562	4,519	4,541	4,694	4,766	-463
Age 3939	5,567	5,283	4,901	4,689	4,561	4,565	4,593	4,785	-782
Age 4040	5,716	5,575	5,280	4,913	4,699	4,556	4,585	4,646	-1,070
Age 4141	5,509	5,706	5,603	5,314	4,926	4,716	4,608	4,664	-845
Age 4242	5,620	5,550	5,671	5,587	5,286	4,891	4,771	4,644	-976
Age 4343	5,832	5,631	5,534	5,655	5,586	5,315	4,914	4,766	-1,066
Age 4444	5,939	5,813	5,627	5,496	5,655	5,577	5,312	4,912	-1,027
Age 4545	6,337	5,896	5,808	5,586	5,437	5,615	5,582	5,284	-1,053
Age 4646	6,356	6,292	5,850	5,735	5,560	5,418	5,581	5,534	-822
Age 4747	6,390	6,309	6,269	5,813	5,711	5,537	5,378	5,543	-847
Age 4848	6,378	6,322	6,325	6,240	5,801	5,710	5,535	5,390	-988
Age 4949	6,484	6,359	6,326	6,337	6,220	5,780	5,666	5,517	-967
Age 5050	6,397	6,456	6,326	6,301	6,309	6,205	5,740	5,635	-762
Age 5151	6,277	6,376	6,423	6,305	6,256	6,301	6,173	5,735	-542
Age 5252	6,172	6,208	6,316	6,401	6,242	6,180	6,236	6,123	-49
Age 5353	6,092	6,141	6,177	6,288	6,352	6,206	6,123	6,210	118
Age 5454	5,835	6,024	6,104	6,123	6,241	6,290	6,150	6,076	241
Age 5555	5,776	5,798	6,003	6,055	6,049	6,176	6,228	6,117	341
Age 5656	5,504	5,741	5,725	5,955	6,019	5,985	6,136	6,190	686
Age 5757	5,358	5,428	5,675	5,652	5,876	5,935	5,906	6,090	732
Age 5858	5,153	5,316	5,389	5,618	5,591	5,828	5,882	5,860	707
Age 5959	5,041	5,087	5,274	5,296	5,573	5,562	5,770	5,838	797
Age 6060	4,833	5,016	5,058	5,216	5,245	5,494	5,507	5,712	879
Age 6161	4,774	4,765	4,952	5,013	5,131	5,176	5,420	5,430	656
Age 6262	4,984	4,736	4,741	4,882	4,960	5,057	5,116	5,360	376
Age 6363	5,213	4,926	4,709	4,661	4,793	4,878	4,984	5,032	-181
Age 6464	3,686	5,148	4,851	4,659	4,590	4,732	4,800	4,908	1,222
Age 6565	3,550	3,643	5,041	4,768	4,579	4,506	4,648	4,717	1,167
Age 6666	3,434	3,531	3,582	4,983	4,694	4,511	4,449	4,566	1,132
Age 6767	3,675	3,385	3,450	3,518	4,910	4,630	4,434	4,384	709
Age 6868	3,237	3,604	3,321	3,378	3,455	4,801	4,538	4,357	1,120
Age 6969	2,918	3,200	3,532	3,273	3,296	3,388	4,715	4,467	1,549
Age 7070	2,733	2,860	3,142	3,462	3,217	3,223	3,300	4,618	1,885
Age 7171	2,671	2,683	2,818	3,077	3,405	3,146	3,155	3,248	577
Age 7272	2,612	2,602	2,639	2,764	3,024	3,327	3,084	3,123	511
Age 7373	2,496	2,543	2,536	2,561	2,681	2,938	3,250	3,008	512
Age 7474	2,411	2,427	2,464	2,475	2,469	2,599	2,852	3,176	765
Age 7575	2,383	2,321	2,354	2,389	2,392	2,389	2,526	2,783	400
Age 7676	2,309	2,329	2,258	2,271	2,313	2,321	2,320	2,458	149
Age 7777	2,251	2,257	2,259	2,182	2,231	2,251	2,245	2,260	9
Age 7878	2,191	2,162	2,165	2,174	2,073	2,122	2,139	2,154	-37
Age 7979	2,156	2,110	2,100	2,088	2,093	1,992	2,038	2,057	-99
Age 8080	2,083	2,064	2,025	1,996	2,019	1,990	1,896	1,951	-132
Age 8181	1,947	1,975	1,957	1,905	1,871	1,904	1,881	1,777	-170
Age 8282	1,955	1,882	1,894	1,866	1,846	1,826	1,839	1,805	-150
Age 8383	1,847	1,834	1,764	1,765	1,734	1,718	1,714	1,722	-125
Age 8484	1,639	1,726	1,701	1,610	1,661	1,559	1,564	1,576	-63
Age 8585	9,279	9,483	9,808	10,074	10,252	10,402	10,480	10,585	1,306
Age 0517	72,794	72,039	71,351	70,832	70,261	70,030	69,695	69,783	-3,011