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Article: Population boom: Just three Northeast metropolitan regions added more people this decade than the Lehigh Valley.
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- The Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2007
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Byline: Gregory Karp
Apr. 5--The Lehigh Valley smashed through the 800,000 population mark during 2006 and ranks among the very fastest growing regions in the Northeast, according to Census data to be released today.
Population growth has caused a before-your-eyes metamorphosis of the region in a few years.
Since the last full Census in 2000, the Lehigh Valley added 59,942 people, nearly the same as the Boston metropolitan area. The nearly 60,000 people are more than twice the population of Easton, and growth is on pace to add a record-breaking 100,000 people this decade.
Officially, the Valley's estimated population in mid-2006 was ...