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The Lancaster, Pennsylvania sales tax is 6.00%, the same as the Pennsylvania state sales tax. While many other states allow counties and other localities to collect a local option sales tax, Pennsylvania does not permit local sales taxes to be collected. The Lancaster Sales Tax is collected by the merchant on all qualifying sales made within Lancaster Groceries and clothing are exempt from the Lancaster and Pennsylvania state sales taxes Lancaster collects a 0% local sales tax, the maximum local sales tax allowed under Pennsylvania law
People of Hispanic origin accounted for 53 percent of Lancaster County's population growth from 2010 to 2012. That's according to population estimates for July 1, 2012, released this month by the Census Bureau. While Lancaster County's overall population has grown 1.4 percent since the 2010 census - from 519,445 to 526,823 - its number of Hispanic residents alone climbed 8.7 percent. Local leaders attribute the surge to births among the Hispanic community as well as migration from Latin America and other parts of the U.S.