BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Reading  YEAR FOUNDED:  1752

 

Land Area

 859 square miles

 

2000 Population

 373,638 persons

Water Area

 7 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  866 square miles

 

Population Density

 431 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Berks County contains a total land area of 866 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 373,638 persons.  This is a net increase of 36,166 persons (10.7%) from the 1990 census of 337,472 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Berks County in 2004 to be 391,640, which continues the previous decade’s trend.