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People QuickFacts | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania
Population, 2012 estimate | 321,027 | 12,763,536
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 320,920 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 320,918 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.1% | 5.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.0% | 21.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 17.9% | 15.6%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.0% | 51.2%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 93.0% | 83.8%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 4.1% | 11.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.4% | 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 7.2% | 5.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 87.5% | 79.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.9% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.4% | 5.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.5% | 10.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.4% | 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 20.2% | 26.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 30,254 | 1,007,939
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22 | 25.7
Housing units, 2011 | 148,716 | 5,579,275
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 68.9% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.8% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $116,700 | $163,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 131,052 | 4,952,566
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.35 | 2.47
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,956 | $27,824
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,296 | $51,651
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.1% | 12.6%
Business QuickFacts | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 7,182 | 295,720
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 123,796 | 5,078,111
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.2% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 16,249 | 762,405
Total number of firms, 2007 | 22,566 | 981,501
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.6% | 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 5,708,309 | 234,840,418
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,174,732 | 142,859,202
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,223,747 | 166,842,778
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,746 | $13,323
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 442,900 | 19,625,449
Building permits, 2012 | 265 | 18,796
Geography QuickFacts | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 890.33 | 44,742.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 360.4 | 283.9
FIPS Code | 79 | 42
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area
(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