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Luzerne County, PA

331,379 Population
889.8 square miles 372.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,536 ±$2,130 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,192 ±$3,884 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.4% ±1.7% (43,113  ±5,380) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.8 minutes ±1 (3,330,990  ±176,987) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

140,231 ±1,959 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (320,976  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±1.6% (2,940  ±1,122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

151,762 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$201,400 ±$8,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.8% ±1.7% (32,164  ±5,397.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±3% (210,453  ±7,028.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.9% ±1.6% (61,148  ±3,755.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.7% (38,666  ±4,272) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±0.6% (16,113  ±1,600) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,113 Total veterans ±1,600 15,324 Male ±1,540 789 Female ±478

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