Lower Macungie Township | |
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 A Lower Macungie Township farm in August 2011 | |
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 Location of Lower Macungie Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | |
  Lower Macungie Twp Location of Lower Macungie Township in Pennsylvania  Lower Macungie Twp Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°32′51″N 75°33′58″W / 40.54750°N 75.56611°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Area | |
• Township | 22.46 sq mi (58.18 km2) |
| • Land | 22.35 sq mi (57.88 km2) |
| • Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.30 km2) |
| Elevation | 417 ft (127 m) |
| Population | |
• Township | 32,426 |
• Estimate (2020)[3] | 31,964 |
| • Density | 1,430.35/sq mi (552.26/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 18011, 18046, 18049, 18062, 18103, 18104, 18106, and 19539 |
| Area code(s) | 610 |
| FIPS code | 42-077-44952 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1216689 |
| Primary airport | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Major hospital | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| School district | East Penn |
| Website | www |
Lower Macungie Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 31,964 as of the 2020 census,[2] making it the second-largest population center in Lehigh County after Allentown and the third-largest population center in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area after Allentown and Bethlehem.[4]
Lower Macungie Township is located 7.1 miles (11.4 km) southwest of Allentown 60.8 miles (97.8 km) northwest of Philadelphia, and 95.5 miles (153.7 km) west of New York City. The township is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the third-largest populated metropolitan region in Pennsylvania and 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S.. as of 2020.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Lower Macungie township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "The Lehigh Valley is growing, census numbers show," Lehigh Valley Live, August 23, 2021