Demographic Profile for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
When calculating the total land area, Lackawanna spans a total of 459 total square miles. The area has a medium-high average population density of 457 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Hillsborough, NH (458 per sq. mile ), Sedgwick, KS (466 per sq. mile ), Cumberland, NC (467 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Orange, NY (457 per sq. mile ), Brown, WI (452 per sq. mile ), Ottawa, MI (452 per sq. mile ).
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania had a total estimated population of 209,525 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 212,924. The decline denotes a decrease of -1.6 percent. Lackawanna ranks 62 of 67 counties when analyzing total population change in Pennsylvania and the county ranks 3,105 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania has a population that is made up of 94.6 percent White, 1.6 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 2.2 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 4.7 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Lackawanna has increased the percent of minority makeup when 3.5 percent of the total population were minorities.
Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Lackawanna from outside the country. The immigration into Lackawanna makes up 0.7 percent of the total migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania to be 41.4 years of age. The median age in Lackawanna is greater than the median age in Pennsylvania of 39.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 40.4 years of age. With 20.7 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Lackawanna can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 18.2 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania had a total estimated population of 209,525 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 212,924. The decline denotes a decrease of -1.6 percent. Lackawanna ranks 62 of 67 counties when analyzing total population change in Pennsylvania and the county ranks 3,105 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania has a population that is made up of 94.6 percent White, 1.6 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 2.2 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 4.7 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Lackawanna has increased the percent of minority makeup when 3.5 percent of the total population were minorities.
Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Lackawanna from outside the country. The immigration into Lackawanna makes up 0.7 percent of the total migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania to be 41.4 years of age. The median age in Lackawanna is greater than the median age in Pennsylvania of 39.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 40.4 years of age. With 20.7 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Lackawanna can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 18.2 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
