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Berks County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Berks County is a county located in Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a significant region in the state with its own local government and communities.
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- Population
- 428849
- Area
- 2242
- Official website
- www.co.berks.pa.us
- Image
- View of Reading area from Pagoda.jpg
- Households
- 156389
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- Commons category
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1752-03-11
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Berks County
- per capita income
- 32781
- P12749
- Hechtia
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Berks County (Pennsylvania German: Barricks Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading, the fourth-most populous city in the state. The county is part of the South Central region of the commonwealth.
The county borders Lehigh County to its north, Schuylkill County to its north, Lebanon and Lancaster counties to its west, Chester County to its south, and Montgomery County to its east. The county is approximately 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Allentown, the state's third-largest city, and 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Philadelphia, the state's largest city.