People in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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People	Wilkes-Barre, PA	United States
Population	41,498	308,035,306
Pop. Density	5,945	87
Pop. Change	-3.63%	8.07%
Median Age	36.4	37.3
Households	16,874	116,716,292
Household Size	2.28	2.58
Male Population	48.87%	49.27%
Female Population	51.13%	50.96%
Married Population	35.25%	47.02%
Single Population	64.75%	52.98%

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The 2012 Wilkes-Barre, PA, population is 41,498. There are 5,945 people per square mile (population density).

Family in Wilkes-Barre, PA

The median age is 36.4. The US median is 37.3. 35.25% of people in Wilkes-Barre, PA, are married. 10.58% are divorced.

The average household size is 2.28 people. 20.31% of people are married, with children. 22.60% have children, but are single.

Race in Wilkes-Barre, PA

79.20% of people are white, 10.89% are black, 1.43% are asian, 0.32% are native american, and 8.16% claim 'Other'.

0.95% of the people in Wilkes-Barre, PA, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 99.05% are non-hispanic).

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Wilkes-Barre People SperlingViews

Former King's Student: Wilkes-Barre was a wonderful place to go to college. With two schools near each other (King's College and Wilkes College) the atmosphere was exciting. The city of itself... (read more)Have an opinion about Wilkes-Barre? Leave a commentTo See All SperlingViews for Wilkes-Barre Click Here