Allentown

Allentown is a conservative city in eastern Pennsylvania. After Philadelphia and Pittsburgh it is the third largest city in the state with a population of over 106,000.^[1] It is twinned with Bethlehem and Easton in the Lehigh Valley to have a population of 740,000.

These cities were a center of the Industrial Revolution in the United States with major steel mills and silk mills. Now the city has many service industries and even acts as a bedroom community for the nearby centers of New York City and Philadelphia.

Allentown is the birthplace of several notable people, including:

• Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Corporation;
• Keith Jarrett, jazz musician.

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1. ↑ Population 2000 US Census