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County · Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
216,859Population
0.4 %Change since 2020
1,526Net migration
4.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 216,859 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.4 %
- Net migration
- 1,526 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7 % (2025)
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population base, April 2020
- 215,911 (2020)
- Births
- 1,961 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.0
- Deaths
- 2,739 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -778
- International migration
- 944 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 582 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.0
- Postal code
- PA
- FIPS code
- 42069
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.6 % |
| 2021 | 6.4 % |
| 2020 | 9.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 5.3 % |
| 2016 | 5.7 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 216,859 |
| 2023 | 216,472 |
| 2022 | 215,797 |
| 2021 | 216,063 |
| 2020 | 215,538 |