Pennsylvania · Census place 4216128
Coplay, Pennsylvania
Coplay is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,555 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 276th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,555
- #276 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +6.4%
- +214 people
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,828 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Coplay population, 2020 to 2024
Coplay added 214 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +32.
Coplay covers 0.61 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 5,828 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Coplay is denser than the typical town.
What county Coplay is in
All of Coplay's residents live in Lehigh County, which had 385,655 residents in 2024. Coplay holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Coplay
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coplay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18037. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Coplay is
The Census internal point of Coplay is at 40.670700, -75.495500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 78.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Northampton, PA (10,587 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 5.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.670700, -75.495500
- DMS
- 40°40'14.52"N 75°29'43.80"W
- UTM
- 18N 458120.9E 4502320.7N
- Geohash
- dr4r65cgg
- Plus code
- 87G6MGC3+7R
Daylight in Coplay
At 40.67° N, Coplay gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Coplay
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is North Catasauqua, 1.2 miles away, with 3,126 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Coplay, PA?
3,555 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 214 (6.4%) from 3,341 in July 2020.
What county is Coplay in?
Lehigh County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Coplay?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18037.
How far is Coplay from Harrisburg?
78.2 miles (125.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Coplay.
What is the nearest larger city to Coplay?
Northampton, PA, with 10,587 residents, 1.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.