Easton is a city in, and the county seat of, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city’s population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) river that joins the Delaware River in Easton and serves as the city’s eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
Geography
Easton is located at 40°41′18″N 75°12′59″W (40.688248, −75.216458). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), 4.3 square miles (11 km2) of which is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (8.39%) of which is water, including Bushkill Creek and the Lehigh and Delaware rivers. It also includes an island, Getter’s Island, which was the site of Pennsylvania’s last public execution.
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, the city was 67.2% White, 16.8% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.4% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 4.9% were two or more races. 19.9% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.