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Columbia & Luzerne (West) Counties--Bloomsburg Town & Berwick Borough PUMA, PA

126,357 Population
856.9 square miles 147.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,558 ±$1,527 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,410 ±$2,881 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

12.3% ±2.2% (14,692  ±2,633) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.6 minutes ±1.4 (1,373,780  ±114,541) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

53,365 ±1,821 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (119,632  ±4,419) 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

2.9% ±1.7% (785  ±470) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

58,580 ±1,924 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$193,800 ±$14,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.1% ±1.9% (12,692  ±2,415.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.9% ±3% (83,751  ±3,679) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26% ±2% (23,475  ±1,916.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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)

4.8% ±0.9% (5,739  ±1,119.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.6% ±1.3% (4,481  ±1,683) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.6% ±0.9% (6,858  ±927) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,858 Total veterans ±927 6,503 Male ±897 355 Female ±178

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