Lehigh ValleyQuick Facts

By the Numbers
$41.2 Billion

2018 Gross Domestic Product

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City Center Lehigh Valley
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10.6% of Labor Force
Employed in Manufacturing

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$3.8 Billion

Exports in 2019

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Air Products
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1,604 Total Office Buildings

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$65,119

Median Household Income

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PPL Electric Utilities
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1,997 Total Industrial Buildings

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4.1% Industrial
Vacancy Rate

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672,907

Population

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Olympus
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7% Office
Vacancy Rate

By the Numbers
358,000

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
16.3 Million

Total Square Feet in Office Buildings

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UGI
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-1.4% Industrial rent growth

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6.4 Million

Total Square Feet in Industrial Space Under Construction

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125.1 Million

Total Square Feet in Industrial Buildings

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

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$7.3 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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10,754 degrees awarded by Lehigh Valley colleges (2017-18 academic year)

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Fuling
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85,000 employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors

By the Numbers
149,000

Population between ages 18 and 34

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