Anchoring Lancaster’s Historic Penn Square, the integrated Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott Hotel are located in the heart of energetic downtown Lancaster, recognized as America’s oldest inland city, with easy access from Highway 30 and Route 222.
Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With an estimated 2005 population of 490,562, Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 99th largest of 361MSA's in the U.S.
As of the 2000 census, there were 470,658 people, 172,560 households, and 124,070 families residing in the county. According to official Census Bureau estimates, the county's population had grown to 490,562 by 2005. Some 2009 statistics include: Population increase to 506,093, households 189,431 with an average household income of $63,861. 35.9% having income of plus $75,000.
Within a 30 mile radius of the city of Lancaster the statistics are:
Population: 2000 census: 1,301,582 2009 estimate: 1,423,478
Average Household Income: 2000 census: $54,743 2009 estimate: $65,867
Ages 25-54 : 2000 census: 42.9% 2009 estimate: 40.6%
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