2010 Census Shows Changes in Baldwin-Whitehall’s Demographics

Results of the 2010 U.S. Census indicate significant changes in Baldwin-Whitehall’s racial demographics over the past 10 years.

For example, while the 2000 Census revealed that 96.2 percent of residents considered themselves “white only,” that number fell to 91.6 percent in 2010.

The second-largest portion of Baldwin Borough’s population in 2000 was made up of residents claiming to be “black or African-American only” and who constituted 2.4 percent of the borough’s total population. In 2010, that number jumped to 5.3 percent, keeping “black or African-American only” as the borough’s second-most popular race.

The total number of Baldwin Borough residents who consider themselves black or African-American only has actually risen over the past 10 years (from 483 to 1,056) even though the borough’s overall population has fallen from 19,999 to 19,767.

Baldwin Borough’s population of individuals claiming to be more than one race has also increased from 121 in 2000 (or 0.6 percent of the borough’s total population) to 276 in 2010 (or 1.4 percent of it).

Over in – another municipality that has seen its overall population decrease (from 14,444 in 2000 to 13,944 in 2010) – the changes in racial makeup are even more evident.

For example, in 2000, white-only residents made up 96.6 percent of Whitehall’s total population but now comprise 91.1 percent of it.

Black- or African-American-only residents used to make up the second-biggest portion of Whitehall’s total population, but they now trail that borough’s “Asian-only” portion. Still, just like in Baldwin Borough, the number of black- or African-American-only residents in Whitehall has increased despite that borough’s overall population decreasing.

Indeed, Whitehall had 205 black- or African-American-only residents in 2000 (1.4 percent of the borough’s total population) and now has 521 of them (3.7 percent of it). 

Whitehall’s Asian-only population stood at 134 residents in 2000 (0.9 percent of the borough’s total population), but just like the black- or African-American-only portion of the borough’s population, the Asian-only portion of Whitehall has risen over the past 10 years. There are now 532 Asian-only residents in Whitehall (3.8 percent of the borough’s total population).

Also like Baldwin Borough, Whitehall’s mixed-race population has risen over the past 10 years (from 107 residents to 152). Individuals claiming to be more than one race made up 0.7 percent of Whitehall’s total population in 2000 and now comprise 1.1 percent of it.

’s total population has also fallen over the past 10 years (from 2,244 to 1,992).

The township had 2,213 white-only residents in 2000 (98.6 percent of its total population) and now has 1,923 of them (96.5 percent of it).

Black- or African-American-only Baldwin Township residents are down from six in 2000 to five in 2010, causing a negligible difference in population percentage.

Like Whitehall Borough, Baldwin-Township’s Asian-only population is its second-largest racial group, coming in with 13 residents in 2000 (0.6 percent of the township’s total population) and moving up to 33 residents in 2010 (1.7 percent of it).

The number of Baldwin Township residents claiming to be more than one race has also risen over the past 10 years. In 2000, Baldwin Township counted nine of those type of residents (0.4 percent of the township’s total population) and now counts 30 of them (1.5 percent of it).

U.S. residents “having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa” were instructed to select “white” on the 2010 Census.