Berks County is an urban area of 428,849 persons (2020 Census), situated in southeastern Pennsylvania. The County is a diamond–shaped area of 864 square miles. The County seat, which is the City of Reading, is 56 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Berks County is bordered by Schuylkill County to the north, to the west by Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, to the east by Lehigh County, and to the south by Chester and Montgomery Counties. Despite its closeness to the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, it is considered part of Pennsylvania’s Dutch Country (Berks County Pennsylvania, Economic Resource Profile).