Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1980 | 551,022 |
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| 1990 | 595,081 | 8.0% | |
| 2000 | 740,395 | 24.4% | |
| 2010 | 821,623 | 11.0% | |
As of the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lehigh Valley had a population of 808,210. 87.1% of the population were White American, 4.6% were Black or African American, 0.1% were American Indian, 2.3% were Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans made up 0.1%, 4.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% belonged to two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 11.3% of the population.
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