| 2000 Census: Summary of Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin | |||||||||||
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| One Race | |||||||||||
| Geographic Area | Total Population | Total Population Over 18 | Total One Race | White | Black or African American | American Indian and Alaska Native | Asian | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | Some other race | Two or more races | Hispanic or Latino (origin any race) |
| Pennsylvania | 12 281 054 | 9 358 833 | 12 138 830 | 10 484 203 | 1 224 612 | 18 348 | 219 813 | 3 417 | 188 437 | 142 224 | 394 088 |
| Carbon County | 58 802 | 45 773 | 58 358 | 57 520 | 353 | 96 | 183 | 20 | 186 | 444 | 858 |
| Banks township | 1 359 | 1 086 | 1 356 | 1 344 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Beaver Meadows borough | 968 | 752 | 967 | 962 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Bowmanstown borough | 895 | 716 | 892 | 890 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| East Penn township | 2 461 | 1 928 | 2 456 | 2 432 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| East Side borough | 290 | 230 | 290 | 284 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Franklin township | 4 243 | 3 336 | 4 223 | 4 195 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 19 |
| Jim Thorpe borough | 4 804 | 3 793 | 4 774 | 4 725 | 30 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 40 |
| Kidder township | 1 185 | 933 | 1 152 | 1 105 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 33 | 54 |
| Lansford borough | 4 230 | 3 277 | 4 199 | 4 153 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 60 |
| Lausanne township | 218 | 170 | 218 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lehigh township | 527 | 400 | 526 | 516 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Lehighton borough | 5 537 | 4 288 | 5 498 | 5 444 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 37 |
| Lower Towamensing township | 3 173 | 2 446 | 3 153 | 3 133 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 33 |
| Mahoning township | 3 978 | 3 189 | 3 955 | 3 909 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 16 |
| Nesquehoning borough | 3 288 | 2 669 | 3 265 | 3 212 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 50 |
| Packer township | 986 | 750 | 973 | 968 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| Palmerton borough | 5 248 | 4 037 | 5 210 | 5 158 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 38 | 124 |
| Parryville borough | 478 | 388 | 476 | 472 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Penn Forest township | 5 439 | 4 025 | 5 327 | 5 030 | 183 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 68 | 112 | 293 |
| Summit Hill borough | 2 974 | 2 377 | 2 956 | 2 944 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 |
| Towamensing township | 3 475 | 2 639 | 3 460 | 3 428 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 43 |
| Weatherly borough | 2 612 | 2 012 | 2 601 | 2 585 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| Weissport borough | 434 | 332 | 431 | 413 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Source: US Census Bureau | Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center | ||||||||||