Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lackawanna County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lackawanna County is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Female residents

Lackawanna County is 8th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lackawanna County is 13th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lackawanna County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lackawanna County is 15th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lackawanna County is 15th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Lackawanna County is 15th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Lackawanna County is 16th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lackawanna County is 16th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	214,477	17th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	459.1	48th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	467.1	13th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	24th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	44th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.3%	32nd	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.9%	24th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.6%	14th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	93.3%	43rd	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.0%	32nd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	15th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	15th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	15th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	24th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	16th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	46th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	51.8%	7th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.4%	16th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	96,798	17th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.0%	3rd	20.5%	25.9%
Households	86,491	17th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.7%	63rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$142,200	26th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	49th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	166	27th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$25,085	23rd	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$45,185	33rd	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.3%	26th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lackawanna County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,325	17th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	94,979	16th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	15,566	18th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,178,821	17th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,185	8th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$360,487	18th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732