2022 population: 567,998 ( 4,367 from 2010 , 401 from 2020)
Land area: 1746.0 square miles
Population density: 325.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	445,100	78.36%	11.4%
Black:	23,418	4.12%	61.3%
Indian:	676	0.12%	22.7%
Asian:	11,496	2.02%	67.6%
2+ races:	8,603	1.51%	44.4%
Hispanic:	78,705	13.86%	141.4%

Total non-White:	122,898	21.64%	101.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	12,340	10.9
Deaths:	18,284	16.1
Net Migration:	4,355	3.8
Net Immigration:	1,902	1.7

Change in White population:	-57,478	-10.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	61,845	11.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
563,631
502,578	89.17%
14,518	2.58%
551	0.10%
6,859	1.22%
5,959	1.06%
32,610	5.79%
61,053	10.83%

2000
560,625
538,561	96.06%
8,001	1.43%
457	0.08%
3,577	0.64%
2,832	0.51%
6,858	1.22%
22,064	3.94%

1990
575,264
563,668	97.98%
5,447	0.95%
381	0.07%
2,906	0.51%
n/a
2,862	0.50%
11,596	2.02%

1980
597,420
589,791	98.72%
3,249	0.54%
101	0.02%
1,796	0.30%
n/a
2,407	0.40%
7,629	1.28%

1970
595,490
590,302	99.13%
2,827	0.47%
131	0.02%
462	0.08%
n/a
1,495	0.25%
5,188	0.87%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
52,481	9.4
67,636	12.1
4,508	0.8
3,172	0.6

-35,983	-6.4
38,989	7.0

Number	Rate
1990's
60,909	10.6
74,212	12.9
-19,707	-3.4
2,378	0.4

-25,107	-4.4
10,468	1.8

Number	Rate
1980's
68,564	11.5
73,306	12.3
-13,782	-2.3
n/a

-26,123	-4.4
3,967	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-3,827	-0.6
n/a

-511	-0.1
2,441	0.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.2
114,423	20.1%
453,575	79.9%
113,463	20.0%

231,292
2.37

142,825	61.8%
99,212	69.5%
16,707	11.7%
88,467	38.2%

2010
Number	Percent
42.2
114,896	20.4%
448,735	79.6%
100,018	17.7%

230,395
2.36

145,422	63.1%
104,767	72.0%
14,969	10.3%
84,973	36.9%

2000
Number	Percent
40.4
120,645	21.5%
439,980	78.5%
107,961	19.3%

227,729
2.37

148,520	65.2%
114,974	77.4%
11,945	8.0%
79,209	34.8%

1990
Number	Percent
37.9
125,978	21.9%
449,286	78.1%
111,435	19.4%

222,869
2.50

155,290	69.7%
123,302	79.4%
10,103	6.5%
67,579	30.3%

1980
Number	Percent
35.4
147,483	24.7%
449,937	75.3%
96,289	16.1%

216,539
2.69

162,102	74.9%
131,916	81.4%
8,364	5.2%
54,437	25.1%

2022 Housing Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	12,191	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	11,762	5.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,122	4.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	10,268	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	10,700	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	10,880	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	9,916	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	9,249	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	9,434	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	17,031	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	22,925	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	31,546	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	21,840	9.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	14,814	6.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,618	6.8%
$200,000 or more	12,996	5.6%

Median Household Income	62,271
Per Capita Income	34,344

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	12,925	5.6%
Public Assistance	8,751	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	43,392	18.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	219,503	70.7%
Unemployed	11,709	3.8%
In Armed Forces	249	0.1%

Total Labor Force	231,461	74.6%
Not in Labor Force	78,992	25.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	101,170	87,226	53.7%
Non-Profit	9,636	17,462	35.6%
Self-Employed	12,781	6,149	67.5%

Local Government	7,536	9,038	45.5%
State Government	4,874	3,788	56.3%
Federal Government	4,659	3,410	57.7%

Total Private + Self	113,951	93,375	55.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	26,705	33,698	44.2%
Total	140,656	127,073	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	34,258	12.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	56,651	21.1%
Professional, Technical	58,445	21.8%
Service Occupations	47,629	17.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	748	0.3%
All others	71,064	26.5%

White Collar		55.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	45,546	378.0%
Retail trade	33,542	278.4%
Manufacturing	31,343	260.2%
Educational services	22,895	190.0%
Accommodation and food services	17,463	144.9%
Transportation and warehousing	16,596	137.7%
Construction	14,945	124.0%
Public administration	13,649	113.3%
Finance and insurance	12,228	101.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	11,960	99.3%
Other services	11,533	95.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	10,343	85.8%
Wholesale trade	8,750	72.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,995	41.5%
Information	4,049	33.6%
Utilities	2,956	24.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,851	23.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,346	11.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	786	6.5%
Management	271	2.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	10,538	1.86%
Puerto Rican	21,985	3.88%
Cuban	665	0.12%
Dominican	24,836	4.38%

Total Central American	3,924	0.69%
Costa Rican	27	0.00%
Guatemalan	608	0.11%
Honduran	1,521	0.27%
Nicaraguan	347	0.06%
Panamanian	236	0.04%
Salvadoran	1,040	0.18%
Other Central American	145	0.03%

Total South American	3,447	0.61%
Argentinean	146	0.03%
Bolivian	52	0.01%
Chilean	359	0.06%
Colombian	1,018	0.18%
Ecuadorian	1,100	0.19%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	238	0.04%
Uruguayan	169	0.03%
Venezuelan	365	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,621	0.64%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	4,150	0.73%
Chinese	1,181	0.21%
Filipino	951	0.17%
Korean	695	0.12%
Vietnamese	472	0.08%
Hmong	226	0.04%
Bhutanese	214	0.04%
Laotian	133	0.02%
Japanese	111	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	472,828	87.9%
Spanish	46,549	8.7%
Other Indo-European	7,641	1.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,040	0.6%
Other Asian	2,089	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,341	0.2%
Other	1,054	0.2%
Chinese	977	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	744	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	110,952	19.6%
Italian	95,059	16.8%
Polish	90,494	16.0%
German	86,113	15.2%
English	35,687	6.3%
Welsh	21,799	3.8%
American	17,307	3.1%
Russian	16,757	3.0%
Slovak	15,779	2.8%
Lithuanian	11,831	2.1%
Dutch	6,658	1.2%
French	5,931	1.0%
Ukrainian	5,873	1.0%
Scottish	4,661	0.8%
Pennsylvania German	3,938	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	546,661	96.4%
Not a citizen	20,626	3.6%

Native	527,477	93.0%
Foreign-born	39,810	7.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
12,470	3.1%	23,738	5.9%	150,035	37.3%	109,664	27.3%	65,329	16.2%	40,926	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	12,470	3.1%
9-12 Years	23,738	5.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	150,035	37.3%
Some College	109,664	27.3%
Bach. Degree	65,329	16.2%
Grad Degree	40,926	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	552,078	511,274	40,804	7.4%
1991	555,266	506,880	48,386	8.7%
1992	564,964	510,352	54,612	9.7%
1993	563,030	514,092	48,938	8.7%
1994	562,348	516,142	46,206	8.2%
1995	562,790	518,986	43,804	7.8%
1996	564,018	522,488	41,530	7.4%
1997	569,024	528,110	40,914	7.2%
1998	561,912	526,506	35,406	6.3%
1999	557,280	525,520	31,760	5.7%

2000	547,736	520,666	27,070	4.9%
2001	549,982	519,360	30,622	5.6%
2002	546,364	512,132	34,232	6.3%
2003	545,328	511,300	34,028	6.2%
2004	550,842	516,110	34,732	6.3%
2005	554,526	523,562	30,964	5.6%
2006	557,508	527,896	29,612	5.3%
2007	561,308	532,688	28,620	5.1%
2008	568,636	533,968	34,668	6.1%
2009	565,840	517,208	48,632	8.6%

2010	560,286	508,482	51,804	9.2%
2011	561,512	510,590	50,922	9.1%
2012	564,306	512,494	51,812	9.2%
2013	563,158	514,492	48,666	8.6%
2014	559,496	519,852	39,644	7.1%
2015	558,900	523,634	35,266	6.3%
2016	560,824	527,314	33,510	6.0%
2017	556,446	524,954	31,492	5.7%
2018	553,928	524,932	28,996	5.2%
2019	554,654	524,444	30,210	5.4%

2020	548,720	492,394	56,326	10.3%
2021	549,716	510,330	39,386	7.2%
2022	554,022	525,924	28,098	5.1%
2023	555,860	533,166	22,694	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	263,631
Median Value	$163,290

Occupied	231,292	87.7%
Vacant	32,339	12.3%

Owned	155,095	67.1%
Rented	76,197	32.9%
Median Rent	$908

Single-Family Units	199,543	75.7%
Detached	170,969	64.9%
Attached	28,574	10.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	21,105	8.0%
Mobile Homes	8,434	3.2%

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area