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People QuickFacts | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania
Population, 2013 estimate | 320,103 | 12,773,801
Population, 2012 estimate | 321,423 | 12,764,475
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 320,918 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.3% | 0.6%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.2% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 320,918 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.0% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 19.8% | 21.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 18.4% | 16.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 92.7% | 83.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.3% | 11.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.1% | 3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 8.0% | 6.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 86.6% | 78.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 87.7% | 87.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.8% | 5.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 8.1% | 10.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 87.8% | 88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 20.5% | 27.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 29,519 | 981,865
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.1 | 25.8
Housing units, 2012 | 148,401 | 5,572,466
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 67.8% | 70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.9% | 20.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $119,500 | $164,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 131,000 | 4,959,633
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.36 | 2.47
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $24,446 | $28,190
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $43,486 | $52,267
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.1% | 13.1%
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, 2011 | 16,347 | 772,193
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