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'''Lancaster''', ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|ŋ|k|ə|s|t|ər}} {{respell|LANG|kə|stər}}; [[Pennsylvania German language|Pennsylvania German]]: ''Lengeschder'') also known as the '''Red Rose City''' is a city in [[South Central Pennsylvania]], that serves as the [[county seat|seat]] of [[Pennsylvania]]'s [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]] and is one of the oldest inland towns in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the City of Lancaster|url=http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lancastercity/cwp/browse.asp?a=3&bc=0&c=42722|publisher=City of Lancaster|access-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318022523/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lancastercity/cwp/browse.asp?a=3&bc=0&c=42722|archive-date=18 March 2012}}</ref> With a population at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] of 59,322,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Most Populous Counties and the Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in Pennsylvania|url=http://2010.census.gov/news/xls/cb11cn74_pa_2010redistr.xls|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=5 April 2011|format=xls|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409093805/http://2010.census.gov/news/xls/cb11cn74_pa_2010redistr.xls|archive-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities.<ref>{{cite web|title=GCT-T1-R. Population Estimates (geographies ranked by estimate)|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2009_EST_GCTT1R_ST9S&-geo_id=04000US42|work=Pennsylvania – Place and County Subdivision|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=31 March 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212033624/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2009_EST_GCTT1R_ST9S&-geo_id=04000US42|archive-date=12 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Lancaster [[List of United States metropolitan areas|metropolitan area]] population is 507,766,<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/metro/files/2009/CBSA-EST2009-alldata.csv |title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 |format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]] |work=2009 Population Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 23, 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013194229/http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/files/2009/CBSA-EST2009-alldata.csv |archive-date=October 13, 2013 }}</ref> making it the [[List of metropolitan statistical areas|104th-largest metropolitan area]] in the U.S. and second-largest in the South Central Pennsylvania area.<ref name=PopEstCBSA />
The city's primary industries include healthcare, tourism, public administration, manufacturing, and both professional and semi-professional services. Lancaster is best known for being the hub of [[Pennsylvania Amish Country|Pennsylvania's Amish Country]].
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