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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh County is a county located in the Lehigh Valley region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 349,497.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/42077.html )〕 Its county seat is Allentown, the state's third largest city behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county, which was first settled around 1730, was formed in 1812 with the division of Northampton County into two counties. It is named after the Lehigh River, whose name is derived from the Delaware Indian term Lechauweki or Lechauwekink, meaning "where there are forks".
Lehigh County is included in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the New York City-Newark, New Jersey, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
It is currently the fastest growing county in the entire state of Pennsylvania, and among the fastest growing nationwide from 2010 to 2012, ranking in the 79th percentile overall for that time period.〔http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-lehigh-county-census-20130314,0,5663798.story〕
==Geography==
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.9%) is water.
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