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People QuickFacts | Wilkes-Barre | Pennsylvania
Population, 2011 estimate | 41,465 | 12,743,948
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 41,498 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.1% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 41,498 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.7% | 5.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.3% | 22.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 16.2% | 15.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.1% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 79.2% | 81.9%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 10.9% | 10.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.4% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.9% | 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 11.3% | 5.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 74.9% | 79.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 78.1% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.3% | 5.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 10.8% | 10.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.1% | 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 14.8% | 26.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,579 | 1,007,939
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.8 | 25.7
Housing units, 2010 | 19,595 | 5,567,315
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 50.4% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 36.2% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $78,700 | $163,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 16,697 | 4,952,566
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.29 | 2.47
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,444 | $27,824
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $30,348 | $51,651
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.0% | 12.6%
Business QuickFacts | Wilkes-Barre | Pennsylvania
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,593 | 981,501
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.2% | 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 315,123 | 234,840,418
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 230,238 | 142,859,202
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,878,669 | 166,842,778
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $45,711 | $13,323
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 91,081 | 19,625,449
Geography QuickFacts | Wilkes-Barre | Pennsylvania
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 6.98 | 44,742.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 5,945.3 | 283.9
FIPS Code | 85152 | 42
Counties | Luzerne County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts