Pennsylvania · Census place 4263624
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 96,000 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 96,000
- #4 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +1.1%
- +1,017 people
- Land area
- 9.8 sq mi
- + 0.24 sq mi water
- Density
- 9,756 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Reading population, 2020 to 2024
Reading added 1,017 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +647. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Reading is 11.5 times that size.
Reading covers 9.84 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 9,756 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Reading is denser than the typical town.
What county Reading is in
All of Reading's residents live in Berks County, which had 439,117 residents in 2024. Reading holds 21.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Reading
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Reading by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 19601, 19602, 19604, 19611. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Reading is
The Census internal point of Reading is at 40.339200, -75.926300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 50.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Allentown, PA (127,138 people), 29.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.339200, -75.926300
- DMS
- 40°20'21.12"N 75°55'34.68"W
- UTM
- 18N 421323.4E 4465817.9N
- Geohash
- dr4j2r80u
- Plus code
- 87G683QF+MF
Daylight in Reading
At 40.34° N, Reading gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Reading
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is West Reading, 1.1 miles away, with 4,600 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Reading, PA?
96,000 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,017 (1.1%) from 94,983 in July 2020.
What county is Reading in?
Berks County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Reading?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 19601, 19602, 19604, 19611.
How far is Reading from Harrisburg?
50.7 miles (81.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Reading.
What is the nearest larger city to Reading?
Allentown, PA, with 127,138 residents, 29.4 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.