Allentown Metro Area Population 1950-2023
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Allentown metro area from 1950 to 2023. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Allentown in 2023 is 785,000, a 1.03% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Allentown in 2022 was 777,000, a 0.91% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Allentown in 2021 was 770,000, a 0.92% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Allentown in 2020 was 763,000, a 1.06% increase from 2019.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,937,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,534,000 |
| Chicago |
8,937,000 |
| Houston |
6,707,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,574,000 |
| Miami |
6,265,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,106,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,785,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,490,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,717,000 |
| Boston |
4,344,000 |
| Detroit |
3,521,000 |
| Seattle |
3,519,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,328,000 |
| San Diego |
3,319,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,990,000 |
| Tampa |
2,977,000 |
| Denver |
2,931,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,899,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,595,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,454,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,355,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,267,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,230,000 |
| Austin |
2,228,000 |
| Portland |
2,220,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,215,000 |
| Orlando |
2,071,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,881,000 |
| San Jose |
1,821,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,775,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,764,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,725,000 |
| Columbus |
1,708,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,702,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,591,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,488,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,455,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,330,000 |
| Nashville |
1,315,000 |
| Providence |
1,205,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,203,000 |
| Memphis |
1,170,000 |
| Richmond |
1,140,000 |
| Louisville |
1,116,000 |
| McAllen |
1,081,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,018,000 |
| Hartford |
1,016,000 |
| Tucson |
1,014,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,013,000 |
| El Paso |
985,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
965,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
961,000 |
| Albuquerque |
955,000 |
| Cape Coral |
935,000 |
| Honolulu |
912,000 |
| Buffalo |
884,000 |
| Birmingham |
863,000 |
| Omaha |
860,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
840,000 |
| Fresno |
795,000 |
| Tulsa |
791,000 |
| Allentown |
785,000 |
| Knoxville |
784,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
767,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
757,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
755,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
750,000 |
| Rochester |
749,000 |
| Dayton |
746,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
745,000 |
| Bakersfield |
730,000 |
| Concord |
698,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
693,000 |
| Springfield |
680,000 |
| The Woodlands |
675,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
648,000 |
| Albany |
638,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
606,000 |
| New Haven |
600,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
593,000 |
| Kissimmee |
585,000 |
| Akron |
566,000 |
| Des Moines |
566,000 |
| Harrisburg |
565,000 |
| Worcester |
562,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
560,000 |
| Greenville |
559,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
556,000 |
| Wichita |
539,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
537,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
534,000 |
| Little Rock |
533,000 |
| Reno |
531,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
528,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
527,000 |
| Lancaster |
519,000 |
| Toledo |
511,000 |
| Madison |
507,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
506,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
496,000 |
| Boise City |
470,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
464,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
463,000 |
| Spokane |
461,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
456,000 |
| Concord |
454,000 |
| Visalia |
452,000 |
| Stockton |
451,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
436,000 |
| Durham |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
430,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
425,000 |
| Syracuse |
422,000 |
| Modesto |
422,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
421,000 |
| Huntsville |
407,000 |
| Oxnard |
404,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
389,000 |
| Lafayette |
383,000 |
| Scranton |
375,000 |
| Montgomery |
374,000 |
| Greensboro |
372,000 |
| Asheville |
371,000 |
| Antioch |
370,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
364,000 |
| Lakeland |
364,000 |
| Pensacola |
359,000 |
| Fayetteville |
355,000 |
| Fort Collins |
354,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
353,000 |
| Youngstown |
352,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
346,000 |
| Flint |
344,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
344,000 |
| Savannah |
339,000 |
| Trenton |
336,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
336,000 |
| Mobile |
335,000 |
| Laredo |
334,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
333,000 |
| Rockford |
330,000 |
| Lansing |
329,000 |
| Shreveport |
327,000 |
|
Allentown - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2023 |
785,000 |
1.03% |
| 2022 |
777,000 |
0.91% |
| 2021 |
770,000 |
0.92% |
| 2020 |
763,000 |
1.06% |
| 2019 |
755,000 |
0.94% |
| 2018 |
748,000 |
1.49% |
| 2017 |
737,000 |
1.38% |
| 2016 |
727,000 |
1.54% |
| 2015 |
716,000 |
1.42% |
| 2014 |
706,000 |
1.44% |
| 2013 |
696,000 |
1.46% |
| 2012 |
686,000 |
1.33% |
| 2011 |
677,000 |
1.50% |
| 2010 |
667,000 |
1.37% |
| 2009 |
658,000 |
1.54% |
| 2008 |
648,000 |
1.41% |
| 2007 |
639,000 |
1.43% |
| 2006 |
630,000 |
1.45% |
| 2005 |
621,000 |
1.47% |
| 2004 |
612,000 |
1.32% |
| 2003 |
604,000 |
1.51% |
| 2002 |
595,000 |
1.36% |
| 2001 |
587,000 |
1.56% |
| 2000 |
578,000 |
2.85% |
| 1999 |
562,000 |
3.50% |
| 1998 |
543,000 |
3.43% |
| 1997 |
525,000 |
3.55% |
| 1996 |
507,000 |
3.26% |
| 1995 |
491,000 |
3.59% |
| 1994 |
474,000 |
3.49% |
| 1993 |
458,000 |
3.39% |
| 1992 |
443,000 |
3.50% |
| 1991 |
428,000 |
3.38% |
| 1990 |
414,000 |
1.47% |
| 1989 |
408,000 |
0.74% |
| 1988 |
405,000 |
0.75% |
| 1987 |
402,000 |
0.75% |
| 1986 |
399,000 |
0.50% |
| 1985 |
397,000 |
0.76% |
| 1984 |
394,000 |
0.77% |
| 1983 |
391,000 |
0.77% |
| 1982 |
388,000 |
0.78% |
| 1981 |
385,000 |
0.79% |
| 1980 |
382,000 |
0.53% |
| 1979 |
380,000 |
0.53% |
| 1978 |
378,000 |
0.27% |
| 1977 |
377,000 |
0.53% |
| 1976 |
375,000 |
0.54% |
| 1975 |
373,000 |
0.54% |
| 1974 |
371,000 |
0.54% |
| 1973 |
369,000 |
0.27% |
| 1972 |
368,000 |
0.55% |
| 1971 |
366,000 |
0.55% |
| 1970 |
364,000 |
2.82% |
| 1969 |
354,000 |
3.51% |
| 1968 |
342,000 |
3.64% |
| 1967 |
330,000 |
3.45% |
| 1966 |
319,000 |
3.57% |
| 1965 |
308,000 |
3.70% |
| 1964 |
297,000 |
3.48% |
| 1963 |
287,000 |
3.61% |
| 1962 |
277,000 |
3.75% |
| 1961 |
267,000 |
3.49% |
| 1960 |
258,000 |
1.57% |
| 1959 |
254,000 |
1.60% |
| 1958 |
250,000 |
1.21% |
| 1957 |
247,000 |
1.23% |
| 1956 |
244,000 |
1.24% |
| 1955 |
241,000 |
1.26% |
| 1954 |
238,000 |
1.28% |
| 1953 |
235,000 |
1.29% |
| 1952 |
232,000 |
0.87% |
| 1951 |
230,000 |
1.32% |
| 1950 |
227,000 |
0.00% |
