Luzerne County
Luzerne County is a home rule county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km2), of which 890 square miles (2,300 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) is water. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 325,594, making it the most populous county in the northeastern part of the state. The county seat and most populous city is Wilkes-Barre. Other populous communities include Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, and Pittston. Luzerne County is included in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 555,426 as of 2017. The county is part of the Northeast region of the commonwealth.
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Cities and towns 40
- Borough of Ashley pop. 2,589
- Borough of Avoca pop. 2,506
- Borough of Bear Creek Village pop. 290
- Borough of Conyngham pop. 1,818
- Borough of Courtdale pop. 690
- Borough of Dallas pop. 2,687
- Borough of Dupont pop. 2,541
- Borough of Duryea pop. 5,041
- Borough of Edwardsville pop. 4,911
- Borough of Exeter pop. 5,510
- Borough of Forty Fort pop. 4,225
- Borough of Freeland pop. 3,815
- Borough of Harveys Lake pop. 2,792
- Borough of Hughestown pop. 1,329
- Borough of Jeddo pop. 109
- Borough of Kingston pop. 13,329
- Borough of Laflin pop. 1,446
- Borough of Larksville pop. 4,225
- Borough of Laurel Run pop. 563
- Borough of Luzerne pop. 2,710
- Borough of Nescopeck pop. 1,476
- Borough of New Columbus pop. 218
- Borough of Nuangola pop. 667
- Borough of Penn Lake Park pop. 365
- Borough of Plymouth pop. 5,744
- Borough of Pringle pop. 892
- Borough of Shickshinny pop. 629
- Borough of Sugar Notch pop. 995
- Borough of Swoyersville pop. 5,007
- Borough of Warrior Run pop. 529
- Borough of West Hazleton pop. 5,160
- Borough of West Pittston pop. 4,636
- Borough of West Wyoming pop. 2,636
- Borough of White Haven pop. 1,164
- Borough of Wyoming pop. 3,103
- Borough of Yatesville pop. 639
- City of Hazleton pop. 29,970
- City of Nanticoke pop. 10,603
- City of Pittston pop. 7,585
- City of Wilkes Barre pop. 44,453
Townships 36
- Township of Bear Creek pop. 2,752
- Township of Black Creek pop. 1,904
- Township of Buck pop. 381
- Township of Butler pop. 9,651
- Township of Conyngham pop. 1,312
- Township of Dallas pop. 9,168
- Township of Dennison pop. 969
- Township of Dorrance pop. 2,072
- Township of Exeter pop. 2,051
- Township of Fairmount pop. 1,209
- Township of Fairview pop. 4,692
- Township of Foster pop. 3,433
- Township of Franklin pop. 1,718
- Township of Hanover pop. 11,418
- Township of Hazle pop. 10,170
- Township of Hollenback pop. 1,132
- Township of Hunlock pop. 2,218
- Township of Huntington pop. 2,056
- Township of Jackson pop. 4,789
- Township of Jenkins pop. 4,337
- Township of Kingston pop. 7,096
- Township of Lake pop. 1,999
- Township of Lehman pop. 3,364
- Township of Nescopeck pop. 1,088
- Township of Newport pop. 4,453
- Township of Pittston pop. 3,179
- Township of Plains pop. 9,807
- Township of Plymouth pop. 1,709
- Township of Rice pop. 3,660
- Township of Ross pop. 2,727
- Township of Salem pop. 4,023
- Township of Slocum pop. 1,052
- Township of Sugarloaf pop. 3,885
- Township of Union pop. 2,038
- Township of Wilkes Barre pop. 3,214
- Township of Wright pop. 5,730
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 173730
- FIPS state
- 42
- FIPS county
- 079
- FIPS place
- 99079
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF LUZERNE
- Mailing address
- 200 N RIVER ST, WILKES BARRE 18711