ML080220445

U.S. Census Bureau - Pennsylvania Quickfacts Luzerne County

ML080220445
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	07/22/2004
From:	US Dept of Commerce, Bureau of Census
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC MD3021, TAC MD3022
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Luzerne County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau Page 1 of 2 Pennsylvania QuickFacts People QuickFacts Population, 2003 estimate Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1; 2003 Population, 2000 Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 Female persons, percent, 2000 Luzerne County

.313,528

-1.8%

319,250

-2.7%

5.0%

21.0%

19.7%

51.8%

Pennsylvania

.12,365,455 0.7%

12,281,054 3.4%

5.9%

23.8%

15.6%

51.7%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 96.6%

1.7%

0.1%

0.6%

z 0.4%

85.4%

10.0%-

0.1%

1.8%

z 1.Z%

--Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.6%

1.2%

,.....3rsons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.2%

3.2%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 96.0%

84.1%

Living -in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 69.1%

63.5%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.9%

4.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 5.1%

8.4%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.1%

81.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.4%

22.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 65,672 2,111,771 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.2 25.2 Housing units, 2002 145,452 5,328,251 Homeownership rate, 2000 70.3%

71.3%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 22.7%

21.2%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$84,800

$97,000 Households, 2Q00 130,687 4,777,003 Persons per household, 2000 2.34 2.48 Median household income, 1999

$33,771

$40,106

.r capita money income, 1999

$18,228

$20,880 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 11.1%

11.0%

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Luzerne County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau Page 2 of 2 Business QuickFacts

.ivate nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 Private nonfarm employment, 2001 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 Nonemployer establishments, 2000 Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

Retail sales per capita, 1997 Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)

Luzerne County.

7,580 127,970 0.5%

13,964 4,501,055 2,856,425

$8,998 2.9%

23.5%

889 2,271,095 Pennsylvania 295,096 5,123,111 0.7%

632,469 172,193,216 109,948,462

$9,150 5.9%

24.2%

45,114 85,600,644 Geography QuickFacts Luzerne County Pennsylvania Land area, 2000 (square, miles) 891 44,817 Persons per square mile, 2000 358.4 274.0 Scranton--

Wilkes-Barre--

Metropolitan Area Hazleton, PA MSA FIPS Code 079 42 (a) Includes persons reporting only on#e race.

(b) Hispanics maybe 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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 199P Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority-and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments Last Revised: Friday, 09-Jul-2004 09:01:13 EDT I

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