- State:PennsylvaniaCounty:Lackawanna CountyZips:18416,18444,18501,18502,18448,18653,18515,18433,18424,18407,18420,18411,18512,18440,18444,18507,18407,18447,18444,18519,18410,18424,18444,18444,18447,18471,18510,18407,18509,18411,18433,18447,18444,18424,18403,18433,18512,18414,18434,18403,18444,18517,18411,18452,18519,18518,18447,18507,18407,18510,18509,18504,18512,18505,18508,18411,18503Coordinates:41.436690773390175, -75.60921062290552Area total:464.91 sq. mi., 1204.11 sq. km, 297543.04 acresArea land:458.77 sq. mi., 1188.21 sq. km, 293614.08 acresArea water:6.14 sq. mi., 15.90 sq. km, 3928.96 acresEstablished:1878Capital seat:
Scranton
Address: 200 Adams Ave, 6th floor
County Courthouse
Scranton, PA 18503-1607
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Population:215,896; Population change: 0.68% (2010 - 2020)Population density:470 persons per square mileHousehold income:$42,125Households:86,858Unemployment rate:9.60% per 103,832 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%Income taxes:3.57%GDP:$9.40 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Lackawanna County's population of Pennsylvania of 310,397 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,7-fold to 215,896 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 52.34% female residents and 47.66% male residents live in as of 2020, 55.08% in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 44.92% are single population.
As of 2020, 55.08% in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 44.92% are single population.
- Housing units:99,815 residential units of which 88.91% share occupied residential units.
21.5 minutes is the average time that residents in Lackawanna County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
80.88% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.08% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.84% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.05% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 61.16% are owner-occupied homes, another 28.72% are rented apartments, and the remaining 10.12% are vacant.
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The 63.25% of the population in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 36.380%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 62.210%) of those eligible to vote in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.