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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

A county in Pennsylvania, ranked 12 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 42079

Within Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Wilkes-Barre, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
332,126
+6,931 (+2.1%) since 2020
Land area
889.8
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
373
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wilkes-Barre
Seat of county government.
Established
1786
239 years ago
Largest city
Wilkes-Barre city
Population 44,523.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Luzerne County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 778 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Luzerne County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Pennsylvania, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn PennsylvaniaNationally
Population332,12612th of 67226th of 3,144
Land area889.8 sq mi14th of 67890th of 3,144
Population density373 per sq mi17th of 67369th of 3,144
Median household income$63,69143rd of 671,733rd of 3,143

Full data for Luzerne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population332,126Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020325,195Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?325,585Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area889.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area906 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?373 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,691American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$174,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households135,055American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units151,287American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-768
3,155 births, 3,923 deaths
Net migration
+2,001
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Luzerne County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Carbon CountyPennsylvania33 mi65,868
Columbia CountyPennsylvania29 mi66,193
Lackawanna CountyPennsylvania28 mi216,502
Wyoming CountyPennsylvania24 mi25,790
Schuylkill CountyPennsylvania12 mi145,085
Monroe CountyPennsylvania5.3 mi167,179
Sullivan CountyPennsylvania4.8 mi5,856

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Pennsylvania

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.