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Lackawanna County Facts

Census Statistics

	Lackawanna County	Pennsylvania
Population, 2003 estimate	210,458	12,365,455
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.3%	0.7%
Population, 2000	213,295	12,281,054
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-2.6%	3.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.3%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.8%	23.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	19.5%	15.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.8%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	96.7%	85.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	10.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	1.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.7%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.4%	3.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	95.9%	84.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	69.2%	63.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.3%	4.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.6%	8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	19.6%	22.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	42,956	2,111,771
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.8	25.2?
Housing units, 2002	95,942	5,328,251
Homeownership rate, 2000	67.6%	71.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	32.9%	21.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$93,400	$97,000?
Households, 2000	86,218	4,777,003
Persons per household, 2000	2.38	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$34,438	$40,106
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,710	$20,880
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.6%	11.0%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	5,397	295,096
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	94,447	5,123,111
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.1%	0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	9,980	632,469
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	2,562,696	172,193,216
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,966,284	109,948,462
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,350	$9,150
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.3%	5.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	20.9%	24.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	515	45,114
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,528,871	85,600,644
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	459	44,817
Persons per square mile, 2000	465.1	274.0
Metropolitan Area	Scranton--Wilkes-Bar	?
FIPS Code	069	42

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