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About County of Northampton

COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,951. The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. Northampton County and Lehigh County to its west combine to form the eastern Pennsylvania region known as the Lehigh Valley; Lehigh County, with a population of 374,557 as of the 2020 U.S. census, is the more highly populated of the two counties. Both counties are part of the Philadelphia media market, the fifth-largest in the nation. Northampton County has historically been a national leader in heavy manufacturing, especially of cement, steel, and other industrial products.