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Name | Luzerne |
Alt names | Luzerne | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 41.367°N 76.25°W |
Located in | Pennsylvania, United States (1786 - ) |
See also | Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
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Luzerne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The county has a total area of of which is land and is water, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area and Northeast Pennsylvania's most populous county, with a population of 325,594 as of the 2020 census.
The county seat of Luzerne County and the county's largest city is Wilkes-Barre. Other populous communities in the county include Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, and Pittston.
Luzerne County is part of the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 555,426 (as of 2017).
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1790 | 4,904
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1800 | 12,839
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1810 | 18,109
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1820 | 20,027
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1830 | 27,379
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1840 | 44,006
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1850 | 56,072
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1860 | 90,244
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1870 | 160,915
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1880 | 133,065
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1890 | 201,203
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1900 | 257,121
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1910 | 343,186
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1920 | 390,991
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1930 | 445,109
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1940 | 441,518
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1950 | 392,241
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1960 | 346,972
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1970 | 342,301
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1980 | 343,079
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1990 | 328,149
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Research Tips
- Outstanding guide to Luzerne County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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