Lehigh ValleyQuick Facts

By the Numbers
$40.1 Billion

Gross Domestic Product

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City Center Lehigh Valley
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11% of Labor Force
Employed in Manufacturing

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$3.65 Billion

Exports

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Air Products
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1,604 Total Office Buildings

By the Numbers
$62,489

Median Household Income

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PPL Electric Utilities
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1,866 Total Industrial Buildings

By the Numbers
26,000

New Jobs Created Over Past 5 Years

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4.1% Industrial
Vacancy Rate

By the Numbers
669,899

Population

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Olympus
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7% Office
Vacancy Rate

By the Numbers
345,260

Labor Force

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Lutron Electronics
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26.1% of Labor Force
Employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors

By the Numbers
5,073

Technology Patents

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Mack Trucks
By the Numbers
27.3 Million

Total Rentable Square Feet in Office Buildings

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UGI
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-1.4% Industrial rent growth

By the Numbers
6.6 Million

Total Square Feet in Industrial Space Under Construction

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121.3 Million

Total Rentable Square Feet in Industrial Buildings

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NFI
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14% of the total community college degrees awarded in PA

By the Numbers
$7.4 Billion

Manufacturing Contribution to GDP

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BB&T
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69th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by population

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Seedcopa
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10,328 degrees awarded by colleges and universities

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Fuling
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81,000 employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors

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26.97%

Population between ages 18 and 34

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