Our Founders very much feared creating a government that had too many aspects of a pure democracy. They feared the destructiveness that a majority might have in trying to make everyone equal, and in the process taking away property, rights of property, and with it our basic freedoms which they considered God given Freedoms..
Bethel Park, PA City Data - Population, Homes, Statistics. Bethel Park, PA City Data. Bethel Park, PA is a city with great restaurants, attractions, history and people. There are around 33,556 people who live in Bethel Park and approximately 1,281,666 who live in Allegheny County.
As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, and Scranton. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County, and 19,343 were in Lehigh County.