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Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the county was 90.7% White, 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 3.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% were two or more races. 6.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino ancestryhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/default.htm. The Hispanic population was just 1.1% of the population in 2000.

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 319,250 people, 130,687 households, and 84,293 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

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was 358 people per square mile (138/km²). There were 144,686 housing units at an average density of 162 per square mile (63/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.63% White, 1.69% Black or African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. 1.16% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 22.2% were of Polish

Poles

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, 15.6% Italian, 13.8% Irish, 12.1% German

Germans

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and 5.3% Slovak

Slovaks

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ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 130,687 households out of which 26.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.80% were married couples living together, 11.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.50% were non-families. 31.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out with 21.00% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.50 males.

Luzerne County is the only county in the United States with a plurality of citizens reporting Polish as their primary ancestry; the majority of Pennsylvanians report German or Pennsylvania Dutch

Pennsylvania Dutch

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Politics

As of November 2008, there are 187,849 registered voters in Luzerne County.

Democratic
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: 111,317 (59.26%)
Republican
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: 61,085 (32.52%)
Other Parties: 15,447 (8.22%)

While the Democratic Party has been historically dominant in county-level politics, on the statewide and national levels Luzerne County leans toward the Democratic Party but only slightly. In 2000 Democrat Al Gore

Al Gore

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won 52% of the vote and Republican George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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won 43%. In 2004 it was much closer with Democrat John Kerry

John Kerry

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winning 51% to Republican George Bush's 47%. In 2006 both Democrats Governor Ed Rendell

Ed Rendell

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and now Senator Bob Casey Jr.

Bob Casey, Jr.

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won 67.5% and 60.6% of the vote in Luzerne County, respectively. In 2008 all four statewide winners carried it, with Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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receiving 53.6% of the county vote to 45.2% for John McCain

John McCain

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.

Luzerne County is represented by three County Commissioners and all county row offices have been held by Democrats since the 2007 election, when Republican incumbents Recorder of Deeds Mary Dysleski and Sheriff Barry Stankus lost re-election. However, in 2011 Republican Stefanie J. Salavantis defeated the incumbent District Attorney in a close race.

County commissioners

Maryanne C. Petrilla
Maryanne Petrilla
Maryanne C. Petrilla is currently the Luzerne County Commissioner Chairperson. As of 2011, she resides in Sugarloaf Township, Pennsylvania. She is the second female Commissioner Chairperson in the county's history after Rose Tucker. Petrilla is a graduate of the McCann School of Business and...

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Thomas P. Cooney
Thomas Cooney
Thomas P. Cooney is currently a Luzerne County Commissioner.-References:...

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Stephen A. Urban
Stephen Urban
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Recent county commissioners

Gregory A. Skrepenak
Greg Skrepenak
Gregory Andrew Skrepenak is a convicted felon, a former Luzerne County, Pennsylvania commissioner and a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders and the Carolina Panthers. He was convicted after admitting he...

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(2004–2009)

Other county offices

Acting Clerk of Courts, Thomas Pisano
Controller, Walter L. Griffith, Jr.
Coroner, John P. Corcoran
District Attorney, Stefanie J. Salavantis, R
Prothonotary, Carolee Medico Olenginski
Recorder of Deeds, James O'Brien
Register of Wills, Dorothy Stankovic
Sheriff, John F. Gilligan
Treasurer, Michael L. Morreale

United States Senate

Bob Casey
Bob Casey, Jr.
Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Jr. is the senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Pennsylvania Treasurer, and Pennsylvania Auditor General. He is the son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr..He is the first Democrat elected to a full term in...

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Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
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United States House of Representatives

Tom Marino
Tom Marino
Thomas Anthony Marino is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.The district, located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, includes Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties outside of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre as well as all or most of...

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, Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
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Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
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, Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district is in the northeastern part of the state and includes Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and most of the Poconos. Republican Lou Barletta has represented the district since 2011, the first Republican to do so in almost 30 years...

Pennsylvania State Senate

John Yudichak
John Yudichak
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, Pennsylvania's 14th Senatorial District
Pennsylvania Senate, District 14
Pennsylvania's 14 Senatorial District includes parts of Carbon, Luzerne And Monroe CountiesCarbon County* Banks Township* Beaver Meadows* East Side* Jim Thorpe* Kidder Township* Lansford* Lausanne Township* Lehigh Township* Lehighton...
Lisa Baker
Lisa Baker (Pennsylvania politician)
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, Pennsylvania's 20th Senatorial District
Pennsylvania Senate, District 20
Pennsylvania's 20th Senatorial District includes parts of Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming CountiesLuzerne County* Conyngham Township* Courtdale* Dallas* Dallas Township* Dennison Township* Dorrance Township* Exeter Township...
John Blake
John Blake
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, Pennsylvania's 22nd Senatorial District
Pennsylvania Senate, District 22
Pennsylvania's 22nd Senatorial District includes parts of Lackawanna, Luzerne and Monroe CountiesAll of Lackawanna CountyLuzerne County* Avoca* Dupont* DuryeaMonroe County* Barrett Township* Coolbaugh Township* Mount Pocono* Paradise Township...
John Gordner
John Gordner
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, Pennsylvania's 27th Senatorial District
Pennsylvania Senate, District 27
Pennsylvania's 27th Senatorial district includes parts of Columbia, Dauphin, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, and Snyder CountiesAll of Columbia CountyDauphin County* Berrysburg* Elizabethville* Gratz* Lykens* Lykens Township* Mifflin Township...

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Jim Wansacz, D
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, Pennsylvania's 114th Representative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 114
The 114th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is made up of parts of Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Susquehanna County and Wyoming County...
Tarah Toohil
Tarah Toohil
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, Pennsylvania's 116th Representative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 116
The 116th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and includes the following areas:* Black Creek Township* Butler Township* Conyngham* Foster Township* Freeland* Hazle Township* Hazleton* Jeddo* Sugarloaf Township...
Karen Boback
Karen Boback
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, Pennsylvania's 117st Representative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 117
The 117th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is made up of parts of Columbia County, Luzerne County and Wyoming County. The district includes the following areas:* Columbia County** Benton** Benton Township* Luzerne County** Conyngham Township...
Michael B. Carroll, D
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, Pennsylvania's 118th Representative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 118
The 118th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is made up of parts of Luzerne County and Monroe County. The district includes the following areas:* Luzerne County** Pittston** Avoca** Bear Creek Township...
Gerald Mullery, D
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, Pennsylvania's 119th Representative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 119
The 119th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and includes the following areas:* Bear Creek Township * Edwardsville* Fairview Township* Hanover Township ** Ward 01...
Phyllis Mundy
Phyllis Mundy
Phyllis Mundy is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and minority party chairwoman of the House Finance Committee. She is a graduate of Kingston High School and Bloomsburg University...

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, Pennsylvania's 120th Representative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 120
The 120th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and includes the following areas:* Courtdale* Exeter* Exeter Township* Forty Fort* Jackson Township* Kingston* Kingston Township* Luzerne* Pringle* Swoyersville...
Eddie Day Pashinski
Eddie Day Pashinski
Eddie Day Pashinski is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 121st District who was elected in 2006. His district includes Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre Township, Ashley, Plains Township and two wards in Hanover Township, all in Luzerne County.Pashinski earned a...

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, Pennsylvania's 121st Representative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 121
The 121st Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and includes the following areas:* Ashley* Hanover Township ** Ward 02 [PART, Division 01]* Plains Township* Wilkes-Barre* Wilkes-Barre Township-Representatives:...

Municipalities

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in one case Bloomsburg, the only town, towns. The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Luzerne County:

Cities

Hazleton
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,340 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.6% from the 2000 census count .-Greater Hazleton:...

: 23,329
Nanticoke
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,465 at the 2010 census.-History:The name Nanticoke was derived from Nantego, the Indian tidewater people who moved here when their Maryland lands were spoiled for hunting by the colonial settlement in...

: 10,955

Pittston

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal mining city, drawing a large portion of its labor force from European immigrants. The population was...

: 8,104

Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

(county seat): 43,123

Boroughs

Ashley
Ashley, Pennsylvania
Ashley is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, one mile from Wilkes Barre. It was a productive coal-mining area at the start of the twentieth century. Population in 1900, 4,046; in 1910, 5,601; and in 1940, 6,371...
Avoca
Avoca, Pennsylvania
Avoca is a borough within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, ten miles northeast of Wilkes Barre and nine miles southwest of Scranton. The population was 2,851 at the 2000 census...
Bear Creek Village
Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania
Bear Creek Village is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 284 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on August 25, 1993 from portions of Bear Creek Township.-Geography:...
Conyngham
Conyngham, Pennsylvania
Conyngham is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,958 at the 2000 census.- History :The Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike traveled through the middle of modern-day Main Street in Conyngham and at least one of the tollgates was situated near the village...
Courtdale
Courtdale, Pennsylvania
Courtdale is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 791 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Courtdale is located at ....
Dallas
Dallas, Pennsylvania
Dallas is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2000 census. It was created by a charter granted April 21, 1879 from land entirely within Dallas Township. The township had been formed in 1817 and was named for Alexander J. Dallas, who was the 6th...
Dupont
Dupont, Pennsylvania
Dupont is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania which neighbors the city of Wilkes-Barre. The population was 2,719 at the 2000 census. Dupont name was originally called Smithville after its first group of settlers. It was a small Polish town where most of the jobs...
Duryea
Duryea, Pennsylvania
Duryea is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA, nine miles south of Scranton on the Lackawanna River. Duryea was incorporated as a borough in 1891. Coal mining and the manufacture of silk were the chief industries in the early years of its existence. The...
Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Pennsylvania
Edwardsville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, two miles west of Wilkes Barre and also adjacent to the boroughs of Kingston to the north and Larksville to the south. It is strictly a residential place, the population being 5,165 in 1900 and 8,407 in 1910. A substantial decrease in the...
Exeter
Exeter, Pennsylvania
Exeter is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, about west of Scranton. The borough is in the middle of a fertile agricultural area, and some lumber and coal-mining had been carried out early on. In 1900, the population consisted of 1,948 persons; in 1910, 3,537...
Forty Fort
Forty Fort, Pennsylvania
Forty Fort is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,579 at the 2000 census. It neighbors the boroughs of Kingston, Wyoming, and Swoyersville...
Freeland
Freeland, Pennsylvania
Freeland, originally called Birbeckville after founder Joseph Birkbeck, then South Heberton, is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, south of Wilkes-Barre, and 10 miles northeast of Hazleton in an agricultural region. Freeland was officially incorporated as a borough on September 11, 1876....

Harveys Lake

Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania

Harveys Lake is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The lake within the town is the largest natural lake by volume contained entirely in Pennsylvania. The lake was named after Benjamin Harvey, who founded the borough in 1781 and was a member of the Sons of Liberty, an...

Hughestown

Hughestown, Pennsylvania

Hughestown is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,541 at the 2000 census....

Jeddo

Jeddo, Pennsylvania

Jeddo is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 98 at the 2010 census. It was named after a Japanese port to which coal was exported by the Hazleton Coal Company.-Geography:Jeddo is located at ....

Kingston

Kingston, Pennsylvania

Kingston is a municipality located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the Susquehanna River opposite Wilkes Barre. Kingston was incorporated as a borough in 1857. Kingston has adopted a home rule charter which became effective in January 1976. It is part of the greater metropolitan...

Laflin

Laflin, Pennsylvania

Laflin is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,502 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Laflin is located at ....

Larksville

Larksville, Pennsylvania

Larksville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, two miles west of Wilkes Barre on the Susquehanna River, running through US-Route 11. In 1910, 9,288 people lived here, and in 1940, 8,467 people lived here...

Laurel Run

Laurel Run, Pennsylvania

Laurel Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 723 at the 2000 census.Laurel Run is the site of a mine fire which started in 1915...

Luzerne

Luzerne, Pennsylvania

Luzerne is a borough located five miles north of Wilkes Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River. In the early years of the twentieth century, it had coal mines, a foundry, drill factories, flour and feed mills, canning factory, silk mill, etc. In 1900, 3,817 people lived...

Nescopeck

Nescopeck, Pennsylvania

Nescopeck is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,528 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nescopeck is located at ....

New Columbus

New Columbus, Pennsylvania

New Columbus is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 215 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Columbus is located at ....

Nuangola

Nuangola, Pennsylvania

Nuangola is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the northeastern Coal Region. The population was 671 at the 2000 census...

Penn Lake Park

Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania

Penn Lake Park is a borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 269 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Penn Lake Park is located at ....

Plymouth

Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Plymouth is an incorporated borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States 4 miles west of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Prior to its incorporation in 1866, it was part of Plymouth Township, established in 1769 by the Susquehanna Company and claimed by Connecticut based on...

Pringle

Pringle, Pennsylvania

Pringle is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 991.-Geography:Pringle is located at ....

Shickshinny

Shickshinny, Pennsylvania

Shickshinny is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 959 at the 2000 census, and declined to 896 in the 2007 Economic Census....

Sugar Notch

Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania

Sugar Notch is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,023 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sugar Notch is located at ....

Swoyersville

Swoyersville, Pennsylvania

Swoyersville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,157 at the 2000 census. Swoyersville is located within the Wyoming Valley West School District.-History:...

Warrior Run

Warrior Run, Pennsylvania

Warrior Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 624 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Warrior Run is located at ....

West Hazleton

West Hazleton, Pennsylvania

West Hazleton, founded by Conrad Horn, is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, south of Wilkes Barre. In 1900, 2,516 people lived here; in 1910, 4,715 people lived here. The population was 4,594 at the 2010 census...

West Pittston

West Pittston, Pennsylvania

West Pittston is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River opposite Pittston. The town once produced mine screens, cut glass, crackers, and knit and silk goods.-Geography:...

West Wyoming

West Wyoming, Pennsylvania

West Wyoming is a borough within Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,833 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West Wyoming is located at ....

White Haven

White Haven, Pennsylvania

White Haven is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. White Haven was created in 1824 by industrialist Josiah White. It is located along the Lehigh River which connects White Haven to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,182 at the 2000 census...

Wyoming

Wyoming, Pennsylvania

Wyoming is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States five miles north of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Formerly, coal mining was the chief industry. In 1900, 1,909 people resided in Wyoming. There were 3,010 residents in 1910...

Yatesville

Yatesville, Pennsylvania

Yatesville is a borough within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 649 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Yatesville is located at ....

Townships

Bear Creek Township
Black Creek Township
Buck Township
Butler Township
Butler Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Butler Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,166 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. It is drained by the Nescopeck Creek...
Conyngham Township
Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Conyngham Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,385 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
Dallas Township
Dennison Township
Dorrance Township
Exeter Township
Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Exeter Township is a township within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
Fairmount Township
Fairview Township
Fairview Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Fairview Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,995 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.10% is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
Foster Township
Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Foster Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,323 at the 2000 census. It was first settled in 1824 by John Lines and incorporated as a township in 1855.-Geography:...

Franklin Township

Franklin Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Franklin Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,601 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...

Hanover Township

Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Hanover Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,488 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which of it is land and is water. The Susquehanna River drains it and...

Hazle Township

Hollenback Township

Hunlock Township

Huntington Township

Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Huntington Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,104 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...

Jackson Township

Jackson Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Jackson Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania United States. The population was 4,453 at the 2000 census. A portion of Shavertown, an unincorporated village which is mainly a part of Kingston Township, is located in Jackson Township...

Jenkins Township

Kingston Township

Lake Township

Lake Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Lake Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...

Lehman Township

Lehman Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Lehman Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is locally pronounced "LEE-man." The campus of Penn State Wilkes-Barre is located at the Hayfield Farms on Old Route 115 in Lehman Township...

Nescopeck Township

Newport Township

Pittston Township

Plains Township

Plymouth Township

Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Plymouth Township is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census.-History:On September 6, 1869, a mine fire killed 110 people in Avondale, an unincorporated community in Plymouth Township....

Rice Township

Ross Township

Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Ross Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,742 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 43.7 square miles , of which, 43.2 square miles of it is land and...

Salem Township

Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Salem Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,269 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.0 square miles , of which, 29.0 square miles of it is land and...

Slocum Township

Sugarloaf Township

Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Sugarloaf Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,652 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.9 square miles , of which, 21.9 square miles of it is land and...

Union Township

Union Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Union Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,100 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.4 square miles , of which, 19.9 square miles of it is land and...

Wilkes-Barre Township

Wright Township

Census-designated places

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

s are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law.

Back Mountain
Back Mountain, Pennsylvania
Back Mountain is a census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is near the cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The population was 26,690 at the 2000 census...
East Berwick
East Berwick, Pennsylvania
East Berwick is a census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,998 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Berwick is located at ....
Glen Lyon
Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
Glen Lyon is a census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,881 at the 2000 census. it is part of Newport Township, Pennsylvania.-Geography:Glen Lyon is located at ....
Mountain Top
Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
Mountain Top is a census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 15,269....

Other places

Wapwallopen

Recreation

There are four Pennsylvania state parks in Luzerne County:

Frances Slocum State Park
Frances Slocum State Park
Frances Slocum State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Frances Slocum Lake is a man-made, horseshoe-shaped lake that is a popular fishing and boating destination...

(northern Luzerne County)
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Lehigh Gorge State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park encompasses the Lehigh Gorge, which stretches along the Lehigh River from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control dam in Luzerne County to Jim Thorpe in Carbon County...

(eastern Luzerne County)
Nescopeck State Park
Nescopeck State Park
Nescopeck State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Butler and Dennison Townships, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is one of the newest state parks in Pennsylvania, with the Environmental Education Center there opening in April, 2005. The state began acquiring the...

(southern Luzerne County)
Ricketts Glen State Park
Ricketts Glen State Park
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny...

(western Luzerne County)

Public School Districts

Berwick Area School District
Berwick Area School District
The Berwick Area School District is a midsized, public school district. Berwick Area School District encompasses approximately 101 square miles, spanning portions of two rural Pennsylvania counties. In Columbia County it covers the Boroughs of Berwick and Briar Creek and Briar Creek Township...

(also in Columbia County)
Crestwood School District
Dallas School District
Dallas School District
The Dallas School District is a school district covering the Borough of Dallas and Dallas Township, Franklin Township and Kingston Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Dallas School District encompasses approximately 46 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident...
Greater Nanticoke Area School District
Greater Nanticoke Area School District
The Greater Nanticoke Area School District is a midsized, public school district in Luzerne County. The school serves the borough of Nanticoke and the surrounding townships of Plymouth, Newport, and Conyningham. Greater Nanticoke Area School District encompasses approximately 52 square miles....
Hanover Area School District
Hanover Area School District
The Hanover Area School District, is a midsized, public school district located in Wyoming Valley, comprises Hanover Township and the boroughs of Warrior Run, Sugar Notch, and Ashley in Pennsylvania. Hanover Area School District encompasses approximately 22 square miles . According to 2000 federal...
Hazleton Area School District
Hazleton Area School District
The Hazleton Area School District is a public school district in Pennsylvania, stretching over portions of Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Carbon Counties...

(also in Carbon and Schuylkill Counties)
Lake-Lehman School District
Lake-Lehman School District
The Lake-Lehman School District is a small public school district located partly in Luzerne County and partly in Wyoming County. The school's namesakes are the borough of Lake and Lehman Township. It also serves Ross Township, Jackson Township, and Lake Township as well as Noxen Township in Wyoming...

(also in Wyoming County)
Northwest Area School District
Northwest Area School District
In 2010, the high school is in Making Progress: in School Improvement I status due to chronically low performing student achievement. In 2009, the high school declined to Did Not Make AYP School Improvement I status due ongoing to low student achievement....
Pittston Area School District
Wilkes-Barre Area School District
Wilkes-Barre Area School District
Wilkes-Barre Area School District is an urban, public school district located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Wilkes-Barre Area School District encompasses approximately 123 square miles. The district includes the city of Wilkes-Barre as well as smaller surrounding...
Wyoming Area School District
Wyoming Area School District
The Wyoming Area School District is a midsized, public school district located in northeastern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania midway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton . The district is composed of six municipalities: West Pittston, Exeter, Wyoming, West Wyoming, Harding and Falls Township, covering...

(also in Wyoming County)
Wyoming Valley West School District
Wyoming Valley West School District
Wyoming Valley West School District is a large, suburban public school district in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Students from nine boroughs attend Wyoming Valley West: Courtdale, Edwardsville, Forty Fort, Larksville, Luzerne, Plymouth, Pringle, Kingston, and Swoyersville. Wyoming Valley West...

Private Schools

Dallas Township School
Graham Academy
Holy Redeemer High School
Holy Redeemer High School
Holy Redeemer High School is a high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Holy Redeemer High School is located in Luzerne County.-Holy Redeemer:...
Jenny Lynn Ferraro Academy
Milford E Barnes Junior School
MMI Preparatory School
New Story School
Wilkes Barre Academy
Wyoming Seminary
Wyoming Seminary
Wyoming Seminary, founded in 1844 and currently led by President Kip P. Nygren, is a private college preparatory school located in the Wyoming Valley of Northeastern Pennsylvania, in Kingston and Forty Fort It is near the Susquehanna River and the city of Wilkes-Barre...

Data from EdNA - Education Names and Addresses report

Colleges and Universities

Luzerne County Community College
Luzerne County Community College
Luzerne County Community College, also known as LCCC, is a 2-year community college located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. LCCC offers over 100 academic, technical, and career programs. It has an open admissions policy for most programs and has over 25,000 graduates...
King's College
Misericordia University
Penn State Hazleton
Penn State Hazleton
Penn State Hazleton is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, near the junction of Interstates 80 and 81...
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Back Mountain, Pennsylvania.The Wilkes-Barre Campus can trace its history to 1915 when two top engineers, who were affiliated with Penn State and worked in the coal industry, released a study on...
Wilkes University
Wilkes University
Wilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students...

External links

Luzerne County official site.
Luzerne County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The Luzerne Foundation – Luzerne County's Community Foundation
Luzerne County Community College.

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