Analyzing Lackawanna County's Census Statistics (1990, 2000, 2008) (Scranton, Plum: home, school district, college)

[ScranBarre]

As I sit here with an unabating cold I've decided to spend the evening delving into my old haunt, the U.S. Census Bureau's website, in order to crunch some numbers. As a demographics junkie I'm always fascinated to study population migration shifts, how the economic environment impacts median household incomes and poverty levels, changes in land development patterns, etc. As a budding urban planner (someday) we'd be using statistics just like these to forecast trends to determine how Congressional districts will be reapportioned someday, where to build new schools, where to build new roads, where to potentially slow down growth through legislation (i.e. urban growth boundaries or minimum lot sizes for developments), etc.

Without further adieu I am bringing to you the first installment of much more to come as well delve deeply into Lackawanna County's numbers. For tonight I will just be presenting population count data that I have organized, but in future installments expect to see median household incomes, median home values, poverty rates, educational attainment levels, etc. in a similar format---broken down first at the municipal level, and then by school district. The black numbers to the far right indicate the change in rank for that place from the prior count. I have put village center names inside parentheses where applicable to help people figure out what township is where.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY POPULATION
1990: 219,039
2000: 213,295 -5,744, -2.6%
2008: 209,408 -3,887, -1.8%


Municipal Population (1990)
1.) City of Scranton: 81,805
2.) Dunmore Borough: 15,403
3.) City of Carbondale: 10,664
4.) Old Forge Borough: 8,834
5.) Blakely Borough: 7,222
6.) Taylor Borough: 6,941
7.) South Abington Township (Chinchilla): 6,377
8.) Archbald Borough: 6,291
9.) Dickson City Borough: 6,276
10.) Clarks Summit Borough: 5,433
11.) Scott Township (Chapman Lake): 5,350
12.) Moosic Borough: 5,339
13.) Olyphant Borough: 5,222
14.) Jessup Borough: 4,605
15.) Throop Borough: 4,070
16.) Jefferson Township (Mt. Cobb/Moosic Lakes): 3,438
17.) Newton Township: 2,843
18.) Fell Township (Simpson): 2,426
19.) Jermyn Borough: 2,263
20.) Madison Township (Madisonville): 2,207
21.) Spring Brook Township: 2,097
22.) Covington Township (Daleville): 2,055
23.) Roaring Brook Township: 1,966
24.) Mayfield Borough: 1,890
25.) Benton Township (Wallsville/Fleetville): 1,837
26.) Greenfield Township: 1,743
27.) Ransom Township: 1,608
28.) Clarks Green Borough: 1,603
29.) Abington Township (Waverly): 1,533
30.) Moscow Borough: 1,527
31.) Dalton Borough: 1,369
32.) Glenburn Township (Glenburn): 1,242
33.) Clifton Township (Clifton): 1,041
34.) Carbondale Township (Childs): 907
35.) Elmhurst Township (Elmhurst): 834
36.) North Abington Township: 691
37.) Vandling Borough: 660
38.) La Plume Township (La Plume): 647
39.) Thornhurst Township (Thornhurst): 486
40.) West Abington Township: 294


Municipal Population (2000)
1.) City of Scranton: 76,415 (-5,390, -6.6%) 0
2.) Dunmore Borough: 14,018 (-1,385, -9.0%) 0
3.) City of Carbondale: 9,804 (-860, -8.1%) 0
4.) Old Forge Borough: 8,798 (-36, -0.4%) 0
5.) South Abington Township: 8,638 (+2,261, +35.5%) +2
6.) Blakely Borough: 7,027 (-195, -2.7%) -1
7.) Taylor Borough: 6,475 (-466, -6.7%) -1
8.) Archbald Borough: 6,220 (-71, -1.1%) 0
9.) Dickson City Borough: 6,205 (-71, -1.1%) 0
10.) Moosic Borough: 5,575 (+236, +4.4%) +2
11.) Clarks Summit Borough: 5,126 (-307, -5.7%) -1
12.) Olyphant Borough: 4,978 (-244, -4.7%) +1
13.) Scott Township (Chapman Lake): 4,931 (-419, -7.8%) -2
14.) Jessup Borough: 4,718 (+113, +2.5%) 0
15.) Throop Borough: 4,010 (-60, -1.5%) 0
16.) Jefferson Township (Mt. Cobb/Moosic Lakes): 3,592 (+154, +4.5%) 0
17.) Newton Township: 2,699 (-144, -5.1%) 0
18.) Madison Township (Madisonville): 2,542 (+335, +15.2%) +2
19.) Spring Brook Township: 2,367 (+270, +12.9%) +2
20.) Fell Township (Simpson): 2,331 (-95, -3.9%) -2
21.) Jermyn Borough: 2,287 (+24, +1.1%) -2
22.) Covington Township (Daleville): 1,994 (-61, -3.0%) 0
23.) Greenfield Township: 1,990 (+247, +14.2%) +3
24.) Moscow Borough: 1,883 (+356, +23.3%) +6
25.) Benton Township (Wallsville/Fleetville): 1,881 (+44, +2.4%) 0
26.) Mayfield Borough: 1,756 (-134, -7.1%) -2
27.) Roaring Brook Township: 1,637 (-329, -16.7%) -4
28.) Clarks Green Borough: 1,630 (+27, +1.7%) 0
29.) Abington Township (Waverly): 1,616 (+83, +5.4%) 0
30.) Ransom Township: 1,429 (-179, -11.1%) -3
31.) Dalton Borough: 1,294 (-75, -5.5%) 0
32.) Glenburn Township (Glenburn): 1,212 (-30, -2.4%) 0
33.) Clifton Township (Clifton): 1,139 (+98, +9.4%) 0
34.) Carbondale Township (Childs): 1,008 (+101, +11.1%) 0
35.) Elmhurst Township (Elmhurst): 838 (+4, +0.5%) 0
36.) Thornhurst Township (Thornhurst): 798 (+312, +64.2%) +3
37.) North Abington Township: 782 (+91, +13.2%) -1
38.) Vandling Borough: 738 (+78, +11.8%) -1
39.) La Plume Township (La Plume): 603 (-44, -6.8%) -1
40.) West Abington Township: 311 (+17, +5.8%) 0

Municipal Population (2008)
1.) City of Scranton: 72,233 (-4,182, -5.5%) 0
2.) Dunmore Borough: 13,978 (-40, -0.3%) 0
3.) South Abington Township: 9,564 (+926, +10.7%) +2
4.) City of Carbondale: 9,208 (-596, -6.1%) -1
5.) Old Forge Borough: 8,524 (-274, -3.1%) -1
6.) Blakely Borough: 6,747 (-280, -4.0%) 0
7.) Archbald Borough: 6,488 (+268, +4.3%) +1
8.) Taylor Borough: 6,151 (-324, -5.0%) -1
9.) Dickson City Borough: 5,903 (-302, -4.9%) 0
10.) Moosic Borough: 5,758 (+183, +3.3%) 0
11.) Clarks Summit Borough: 4,964 (-162, -3.2%) 0
12.) Olyphant Borough: 4,956 (-22, -0.4%) 0
13.) Scott Township (Chapman Lake): 4,895 (-46, -0.9%) 0
14.) Jessup Borough: 4,550 (-168, -3.6%) 0
15.) Throop Borough: 4,051 (+41, +1.0%) 0
16.) Jefferson Township (Mt. Cobb/Moosic Lakes): 3,716 (+124, +3.5%) 0
17.) Newton Township: 2,766 (+67, +2.5%) 0
18.) Spring Brook Township: 2,708 (+341, +14.4%) +1
19.) Madison Township (Madisonville): 2,686 (+144, +5.7%) -1
20.) Fell Township (Simpson): 2,281 (-50, -2.1%) 0
21.) Jermyn Borough: 2,231 (-56, -2.4%) 0
22.) Covington Township (Daleville): 2,181 (+187, +9.4%) 0
23.) Greenfield Township: 2,139 (+149, +7.5%) 0
24.) Moscow Borough: 1,938 (+55, +2.9%) 0
25.) Benton Township (Wallsville/Fleetville): 1,831 (-50, -2.7%) 0
26.) Roaring Brook Township: 1,786 (+149, +9.1%) +1
27.) Mayfield Borough: 1,703 (-53, -3.0%) -1
28.) Abington Township (Waverly): 1,621 (+5, +0.3%) +1
29.) Clarks Green Borough: 1,551 (-79, -4.8%) -1
30.) Ransom Township: 1,434 (+5, +0.3%) 0
31.) Glenburn Township (Glenburn): 1,279 (+67, +5.5%) +1
32.) Clifton Township (Clifton): 1,256 (+117, +10.2%) +1
33.) Dalton Borough: 1,224 (-70, -5.4%) -2
34.) Carbondale Township (Childs): 1,011 (+3, +0.3%) 0
35.) Thornhurst Township (Thornhurst): 914 (+116, +14.5%) +1
36.) Elmhurst Township (Elmhurst): 853 (+15, +1.8%) -1
37.) North Abington Township: 742 (-40, -5.1%) 0
38.) Vandling Borough: 700 (-38, -5.1%) 0
39.) La Plume Township (La Plume): 574 (-29, -4.8%) 0
40.) West Abington Township: 313 (+2, +0.6%) 0

[scrantonluna]

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[GiantRutgersfan]

interesting. Very interesting. I'm surprised Scranton has not had any real gains over the years. Is the college not helping at all? I know quite a few people who have went to school there. With the cheap housing prices you would think some of them would stick around. I guess theres just not the jobs around the area though