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County · Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
331,379Population
1.8 %Change since 2020
3,211Net migration
5.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 331,379 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.8 %
- Net migration
- 3,211 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population base, April 2020
- 325,602 (2020)
- Births
- 3,051 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Deaths
- 4,156 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -1,105
- International migration
- 2,341 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 870 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.7
- Postal code
- PA
- FIPS code
- 42079
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.6 % |
| 2022 | 5.1 % |
| 2021 | 7.6 % |
| 2020 | 10.5 % |
| 2019 | 5.5 % |
| 2018 | 5.5 % |
| 2017 | 5.9 % |
| 2016 | 6.2 % |
| 2015 | 6.6 % |
| 2014 | 7.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 331,379 |
| 2023 | 328,909 |
| 2022 | 326,892 |
| 2021 | 325,975 |
| 2020 | 325,222 |