Luzerne, Pennsylvania
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| A picture of PA 309 as it travels through Luzerne and the surrounding communities. Luzerne is pictured in the foreground. A picture of PA 309 as it travels through Luzerne and the surrounding communities. Luzerne is pictured in the foreground. | |
| Location of Luzerne in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Location of Luzerne in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | |
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| Coordinates: 41°17′02″N 75°53′34″W / 41.28389°N 75.89278°WCoordinates: 41°17′02″N 75°53′34″W / 41.28389°N 75.89278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Luzerne |
| Settled | 1807 |
| Incorporated | 1882 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,711 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Zip code | 18709 |
| Area code(s) | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-45568 |
| Website | luzerneborough |
Luzerne is a borough located 5 miles (8 km) north of Wilkes Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The population was 2,703 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]
History
The community was first settled in 1807. It was later incorporated as a borough in 1882. Like Luzerne County, the borough was named after Chevalier de la Luzerne, a French diplomat.[4]
In the early twentieth century, coal mining and manufacturing were the main industries in the community. The borough had coal mines, a foundry, drill factories, flour and feed mills, a canning factory, and a silk mill.
Geography
Luzerne is located at 41°17′2″N 75°53′34″W / 41.28389°N 75.89278°W (41.283780, -75.892890).[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.69 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 2,952 people, 1,410 households, and 767 families living in the borough.
The population density was 4,299.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,660.0/km2). There were 1,520 housing units at an average density of 2,213.7 per square mile (854.7/km2).
The racial makeup of the borough was 98.92% White, 0.34% African American, 0.07% Asian, 0.20% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.44% of the population.
There were 1,410 households, out of which 20.2% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 38.7% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.6% were non-families. 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 17.6% under the age of eighteen, 7.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 22.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-three years.
For every one hundred females there were 88.7 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $27,614, and the median income for a family was $37,730. Males had a median income of $27,054 compared with that of $21,250 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $16,217.
Roughly 6.8% of families and 11.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 10.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.
Education
It is in the Wyoming Valley West School District.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedUSCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly - ↑ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 192.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedGR2 - ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Luzerne County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 13, 2024. - Text list
External links
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