 By 2011, only six manufacturers employing 341 people remained in the county.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5%) is water.The Schuylkill River headwaters are found in the county, starting in the Appalachian Mountains, and flows through many towns and the city of Reading, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia where it flows into the Delaware River.