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

Luzerne County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Luzerne County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Luzerne County is 8th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Luzerne County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Luzerne County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Luzerne County is 10th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Luzerne County is 11th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Luzerne County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Luzerne County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Households

Luzerne County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	321,027	12th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	890.3	14th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	360.4	17th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	47th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	48th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.4%	31st	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.4%	32nd	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.2%	26th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	92.7%	45th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.3%	22nd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	9th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	22nd	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	27th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	9th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.6%	49th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.9%	26th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.4%	17th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	148,716	11th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.8%	10th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	131,052	12th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.9%	60th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$116,700	37th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	58th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	265	20th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$23,956	27th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$43,296	41st	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.1%	19th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Luzerne County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,182	12th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	123,796	12th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	22,566	12th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,223,747	8th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,746	4th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$442,900	13th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732