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Lackawanna County, PA

216,123 Population
458.9 square miles 471 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,685 ±$1,546 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,002 ±$4,309 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17% ±2.1% (35,507  ±4,322) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.6 minutes ±0.9 (1,832,200  ±109,860) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

88,871 ±1,889 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (207,537  ±149) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.7% ±2% (2,692  ±915) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

100,392 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$200,900 ±$8,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.3% ±1.8% (26,202  ±3,827.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.2% ±3.4% (139,210  ±5,136.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.5% ±2% (44,938  ±3,090.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.7% (16,724  ±2,417) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±0.9% (10,571  ±1,581) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,571 Total veterans ±1,581 9,570 Male ±1,445 1,001 Female ±511

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