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Lancaster, an important industrial and business center in southeastern Pennsylvania, is located in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country. It is the county seat of Lancaster County, where the "Plain" people—Amish, Mennonite, and Brethren—living without benefit of automobiles, electricity, or television, practice a lifestyle that vanished from most areas of this country generations ago. The historic city of Lancaster, known for its strong work ethic and community spirit, won the All-America City Award in 2000 for its outstanding community-building programs.
The City in Brief
| 1718 (incorporated 1818) | |
| Mayor Charlie Smithgall (R) (since 1998) | |
| 54,725 | |
| 55,551 | |
| 56,348 | |
| 55,351 | |
| 1.1% | |
| 384th | |
| 429th (State rank: 8th) | |
| 597th (State rank: 11th) | |
| 362,000 | |
| 422,822 | |
| 470,658 | |
| 11.3% | |
| 91st | |
| 85th | |
| 88th | |
| 7 square miles (2000) | |
| 368 feet above sea level | |
| 52.2° F | |
| 43 inches of rain; 31 inches of snow | |
| Manufacturing, services, retail trade | |
| 3.5% (May 2005) | |
| $13,955 (1999) | |
| Not reported | |
| Not reported | |
| 2,785 | |
| Franklin and Marshall College; Pennsylvania School of Art and Design; Harrisburg Area Community College-Lancaster | |
| Intelligencer Journal; Lancaster New Era |
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