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  People QuickFacts Luzerne County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 315,75412,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -1.1%0.0%
  Population, 2000 319,25012,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -2.7%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 69.1%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.1%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.4%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 21.225.2
  Housing units, 2000 144,6865,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 70.3%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 22.7%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $84,800$97,000
  Households, 2000 130,6874,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.342.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $33,771$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $18,228$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Luzerne County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 7,606293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 122,5544,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 3.3%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 13,687614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 4,501,055172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,856,425109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,998$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 60341,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 2,018,33979,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 8,576365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Luzerne County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 89144,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 358.4274.0
  Metropolitan Area Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA 
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