Luzerne County, PA [42079] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA metropolitan area [42540] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	321,006	320,948	321,154	319,745	319,206	318,013	316,801	317,343	-3,663
Births	...	3,105	3,203	3,103	3,209	3,222	3,100	3,104	3,149
Deaths	...	4,057	3,804	4,092	3,950	4,164	3,906	3,959	3,990
Natural Increase	...	-952	-601	-989	-741	-942	-806	-855	-841
Net Migration	...	947	866	-402	241	-231	-402	1,423	349
International	...	609	556	734	839	911	953	950	793
Domestic	...	338	310	-1,136	-598	-1,142	-1,355	473	-444

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	321,006	320,948	321,154	319,745	319,206	318,013	316,801	317,343	-3,663
Male	156,985	157,309	157,820	157,246	157,145	156,924	156,453	156,905	-80
Female	164,021	163,639	163,334	162,499	162,061	161,089	160,348	160,438	-3,583
Group Quarters	...	11,808	11,939	11,902	11,991	11,844	11,855	11,868	84

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	321,006	320,948	321,154	319,745	319,206	318,013	316,801	317,343	-3,663
White alone	299,472	298,450	297,555	294,936	292,981	290,387	287,724	286,216	-13,256
Black alone	12,607	13,233	13,897	14,667	15,590	16,433	17,478	18,951	6,344
AIAN alone	1,110	1,167	1,247	1,351	1,448	1,529	1,635	1,785	675
Asian alone	3,314	3,394	3,568	3,724	3,929	4,107	4,185	4,418	1,104
NHOPI alone	162	171	174	185	207	229	231	243	81
Two+ Races	4,341	4,533	4,713	4,882	5,051	5,328	5,548	5,730	1,389
Hispanic (any race)	21,888	23,822	26,401	27,720	29,696	31,809	34,328	37,384	15,496

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	317,343	286,216	18,951	1,785	4,418	243	5,730	37,384
Age 0-4	16,112	12,882	1,778	202	363	27	860	4,252
Age 5-9	16,840	13,844	1,645	147	297	18	889	3,788
Age 10-14	17,875	15,178	1,459	133	253	17	835	3,557
Age 15-19	19,389	16,564	1,725	143	322	20	615	3,560
Age 20-24	19,833	16,734	2,084	169	323	18	505	3,640
Age 25-29	21,153	18,111	2,071	182	355	27	407	3,480
Age 30-34	18,739	16,308	1,614	111	383	18	305	2,732
Age 35-39	18,416	16,170	1,456	118	384	17	271	2,813
Age 40-44	17,816	16,042	1,117	143	300	20	194	2,231
Age 45-49	21,277	19,548	1,069	114	335	16	195	2,035
Age 50-54	22,670	21,140	922	105	312	9	182	1,769
Age 55-59	23,146	21,977	739	60	201	14	155	1,264
Age 60-64	21,778	20,923	512	59	170	12	102	853
Age 65-69	19,144	18,550	317	41	157	4	75	550
Age 70-74	15,085	14,680	206	29	113	2	55	383
Age 75-79	10,466	10,222	115	15	79	2	33	199
Age 80-84	7,861	7,703	70	6	47	1	34	137
Age 85 up	9,743	9,640	52	8	24	1	18	141

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	3,255	3,082	3,169	3,077	3,199	3,210	3,090	3,094	-161
Age 0101	3,212	3,309	3,144	3,236	3,064	3,226	3,212	3,203	-9
Age 0202	3,308	3,240	3,354	3,155	3,243	3,113	3,264	3,296	-12
Age 0303	3,351	3,298	3,263	3,353	3,209	3,281	3,127	3,335	-16
Age 0404	3,390	3,360	3,310	3,258	3,379	3,208	3,287	3,184	-206
Age 0505	3,406	3,416	3,380	3,325	3,290	3,386	3,222	3,303	-103
Age 0606	3,453	3,472	3,419	3,350	3,346	3,287	3,412	3,270	-183
Age 0707	3,451	3,488	3,486	3,405	3,382	3,339	3,341	3,465	14
Age 0808	3,416	3,521	3,532	3,493	3,440	3,387	3,365	3,387	-29
Age 0909	3,553	3,472	3,538	3,528	3,525	3,475	3,414	3,415	-138
Age 1010	3,623	3,581	3,470	3,558	3,555	3,522	3,481	3,450	-173
Age 1111	3,630	3,658	3,599	3,486	3,568	3,543	3,570	3,545	-85
Age 1212	3,650	3,679	3,681	3,607	3,543	3,620	3,576	3,591	-59
Age 1313	3,716	3,715	3,729	3,669	3,613	3,586	3,645	3,622	-94
Age 1414	3,825	3,760	3,733	3,763	3,706	3,651	3,603	3,667	-158
Age 1515	3,946	3,842	3,801	3,768	3,796	3,765	3,657	3,647	-299
Age 1616	4,196	4,043	3,961	3,862	3,844	3,851	3,826	3,781	-415
Age 1717	4,296	4,281	4,117	3,986	3,939	3,914	3,936	3,898	-398
Age 1818	4,624	4,413	4,405	4,240	4,134	4,073	4,058	4,083	-541
Age 1919	4,718	4,506	4,331	4,290	4,144	4,031	3,993	3,980	-738
Age 2020	4,651	4,608	4,374	4,174	4,184	3,994	3,906	3,932	-719
Age 2121	4,297	4,560	4,540	4,308	4,127	4,092	3,890	3,832	-465
Age 2222	4,020	4,333	4,661	4,523	4,320	4,139	4,081	3,930	-90
Age 2323	3,919	3,992	4,386	4,644	4,478	4,304	4,060	4,047	128
Age 2424	3,793	3,936	3,995	4,375	4,619	4,450	4,244	4,092	299
Age 2525	3,730	3,723	3,952	3,969	4,311	4,511	4,306	4,224	494
Age 2626	3,581	3,781	3,730	3,919	3,973	4,266	4,517	4,304	723
Age 2727	3,535	3,564	3,819	3,755	3,897	3,928	4,200	4,474	939
Age 2828	3,623	3,573	3,627	3,755	3,738	3,907	3,915	4,200	577
Age 2929	3,675	3,671	3,594	3,652	3,755	3,754	3,782	3,951	276
Age 3030	3,663	3,734	3,700	3,594	3,682	3,793	3,751	3,819	156
Age 3131	3,464	3,704	3,801	3,635	3,581	3,700	3,775	3,780	316
Age 3232	3,432	3,527	3,692	3,755	3,649	3,565	3,696	3,826	394
Age 3333	3,367	3,413	3,480	3,677	3,736	3,625	3,559	3,681	314
Age 3434	3,344	3,423	3,466	3,472	3,737	3,787	3,652	3,633	289
Age 3535	3,547	3,377	3,438	3,489	3,461	3,765	3,796	3,693	146
Age 3636	3,549	3,562	3,399	3,402	3,486	3,430	3,744	3,800	251
Age 3737	3,805	3,560	3,580	3,424	3,434	3,539	3,472	3,830	25
Age 3838	4,018	3,799	3,547	3,569	3,419	3,410	3,549	3,487	-531
Age 3939	4,374	4,067	3,826	3,567	3,594	3,477	3,450	3,606	-768
Age 4040	4,398	4,367	4,034	3,795	3,546	3,585	3,451	3,479	-919
Age 4141	4,334	4,397	4,350	3,998	3,748	3,530	3,562	3,470	-864
Age 4242	4,205	4,390	4,395	4,330	4,016	3,704	3,504	3,576	-629
Age 4343	4,460	4,227	4,438	4,423	4,367	4,027	3,732	3,542	-918
Age 4444	4,562	4,472	4,224	4,386	4,415	4,355	4,033	3,749	-813
Age 4545	4,815	4,561	4,482	4,195	4,390	4,397	4,319	4,008	-807
Age 4646	4,824	4,799	4,570	4,455	4,208	4,379	4,394	4,352	-472
Age 4747	4,823	4,802	4,786	4,539	4,455	4,189	4,356	4,406	-417
Age 4848	4,800	4,806	4,810	4,768	4,519	4,422	4,177	4,348	-452
Age 4949	4,991	4,757	4,778	4,793	4,742	4,484	4,393	4,163	-828
Age 5050	4,934	4,969	4,714	4,758	4,747	4,702	4,471	4,333	-601
Age 5151	4,917	4,907	4,932	4,668	4,704	4,697	4,690	4,439	-478
Age 5252	4,903	4,890	4,887	4,911	4,640	4,675	4,677	4,694	-209
Age 5353	4,941	4,850	4,827	4,841	4,848	4,581	4,603	4,615	-326
Age 5454	4,790	4,922	4,823	4,803	4,815	4,809	4,547	4,589	-201
Age 5555	4,753	4,744	4,880	4,802	4,749	4,786	4,768	4,552	-201
Age 5656	4,556	4,697	4,692	4,839	4,719	4,705	4,728	4,718	162
Age 5757	4,535	4,517	4,631	4,655	4,808	4,674	4,641	4,676	141
Age 5858	4,490	4,497	4,496	4,595	4,633	4,748	4,642	4,634	144
Age 5959	4,325	4,412	4,443	4,462	4,518	4,573	4,692	4,566	241
Age 6060	4,241	4,291	4,377	4,444	4,418	4,453	4,518	4,673	432
Age 6161	4,212	4,178	4,261	4,325	4,383	4,357	4,384	4,464	252
Age 6262	4,328	4,108	4,102	4,174	4,258	4,272	4,266	4,300	-28
Age 6363	4,606	4,266	4,065	4,063	4,104	4,197	4,219	4,205	-401
Age 6464	3,261	4,524	4,175	3,976	4,009	4,009	4,122	4,136	875
Age 6565	3,226	3,185	4,423	4,122	3,893	3,925	3,911	4,052	826
Age 6666	3,172	3,175	3,153	4,337	4,061	3,835	3,856	3,857	685
Age 6767	3,432	3,124	3,119	3,106	4,261	3,973	3,750	3,797	365
Age 6868	2,929	3,347	3,034	3,028	3,023	4,143	3,870	3,648	719
Age 6969	2,734	2,874	3,281	2,953	2,939	2,923	4,053	3,790	1,056
Age 7070	2,606	2,700	2,825	3,192	2,880	2,877	2,874	3,973	1,367
Age 7171	2,500	2,548	2,625	2,753	3,137	2,792	2,830	2,823	323
Age 7272	2,388	2,427	2,478	2,537	2,679	3,047	2,715	2,761	373
Age 7373	2,283	2,334	2,377	2,400	2,467	2,597	2,980	2,648	365
Age 7474	2,311	2,194	2,259	2,270	2,312	2,383	2,494	2,880	569
Age 7575	2,244	2,222	2,147	2,193	2,182	2,240	2,287	2,422	178
Age 7676	2,057	2,177	2,133	2,067	2,104	2,085	2,151	2,198	141
Age 7777	2,105	1,991	2,118	2,056	1,997	2,015	2,042	2,098	-7
Age 7878	2,107	2,001	1,882	2,013	1,978	1,891	1,910	1,938	-169
Age 7979	2,140	1,977	1,905	1,792	1,914	1,883	1,807	1,810	-330
Age 8080	2,140	2,025	1,879	1,830	1,691	1,836	1,810	1,735	-405
Age 8181	1,901	2,007	1,924	1,765	1,726	1,581	1,724	1,685	-216
Age 8282	1,995	1,793	1,890	1,784	1,664	1,619	1,494	1,615	-380
Age 8383	1,928	1,882	1,686	1,772	1,678	1,518	1,536	1,407	-521
Age 8484	1,778	1,777	1,743	1,565	1,631	1,550	1,393	1,419	-359
Age 8585	9,620	9,795	10,072	10,145	10,130	10,086	10,001	9,743	123
Age 0517	48,161	47,928	47,446	46,800	46,547	46,326	46,048	46,041	-2,120