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Berks County

county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Berks County
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Summary

Berks County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It draws 1,684 Wikipedia views per month (county of pennsylvania category, ranking #8 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Reading[6]
  • Shares border with: Schuylkill County[7], Lehigh County[8], Montgomery County[9], Chester County[10], Lancaster County[11], Lebanon County[12]
  • Named after: Berkshire[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Reading[14]
  • Commons category: Berks County, Pennsylvania[15]
  • Inception: March 11, 1752[16]
  • Coordinate location: 40.42, -75.93[17]
  • Official website: http://www.co.berks.pa.us[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Berks County, Pennsylvania[19]
  • Population: 411,442[20], 411,740[21], 412,279[22], 412,948[23], 413,521[24], 415,271[25], 428,849[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Berks County, Pennsylvania[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Berks County, Pennsylvania[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Berks County, Pennsylvania[29]
  • Number of households: 156,389[30]
  • Native label: Berks County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109937[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Berks County, Pennsylvania[33]
  • Different from: Bucks County[34]
  • Area: 2242[35]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.1[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Berks County, Pennsylvania[37]
  • Per capita income: 32,781[38]

Why It Matters

Berks County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Pennsylvania United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → berks-county
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Berks County, Penns
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Berks County, Pennsylvania.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States preside"
  2. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3831362
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    Taxonomicon id → 1807287
    Obo gazetteer id → 22225328
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+32781'}
    Area → {'amount': '+2242'}
    Instance of → —
    Located in → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109937, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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