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County · Pennsylvania
Berks County
439,117Population
2.4 %Change since 2020
2,747Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 439,117 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.4 %
- Net migration
- 2,747 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population base, April 2020
- 428,850 (2020)
- Births
- 4,557 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.4
- Deaths
- 4,209 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 348
- International migration
- 2,992 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -245 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.3
- Postal code
- PA
- FIPS code
- 42011
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 3.9 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 6.1 % |
| 2020 | 9.2 % |
| 2019 | 4.3 % |
| 2018 | 4.3 % |
| 2017 | 4.6 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.0 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 439,117 |
| 2023 | 435,284 |
| 2022 | 432,281 |
| 2021 | 429,698 |
| 2020 | 428,693 |